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Phanagoria was founded ca. 543 BC by the Teian colonists who had to flee Asia Minor in consequence of their conflict with Cyrus the Great. The city took its name after one of these colonists, Phanagoras. "The unusual nature of the Taman peninsula near Phanagoria, with its ravines, crevices, hills, and low cones of active volcanoes, must have impressed the ancient colonists even more than it impresses us today", Ustinova has observed.Ustinova, Yulia. The Supreme Gods of the Bosporan Kingdom. Brill Academic Publishers, 1999. p. 61. Read full entry

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Phanagoria was the largest Greek colony on the Taman peninsula, spreading on two ... It was at Phanagoria that the insurrection broke out against Mithridates VI of ...
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Unogundurs, Kuban, kureni, auli, Great Bulgaria, Phanagoria ... Similar to that of Phanagoria was the fate of the other important urban centre ...
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	Phanagoria was the largest Greek colony on the Taman peninsula, spreading on two plateaux along the Asian shore of the Cimmerian Bosporus, 25 kilometers (15.5 mi) northeast of Hermonassa. The ancient city became the great emporium for all the traffic between the coast of the Palus Maeotis and the countries on the southern side of the Caucasus, and was chosen by the kings of Bosporus as their capital in Asia, Panticapaeum being their capital in Europe. Under Kubrat and Batbayan, Phanagoria was the capital of Great Bulgaria. more..... http://www.answers.com/topic/p hanagoria See more answers	Related Search: Languages

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