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:''Hellenopolis was also a name of
Harran Harran (), historically known as Carrhae ( el, Kάρραι, Kárrhai), is a rural town and district of the Şanlıurfa Province in southeastern Turkey, approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Urfa and 20 kilometers from the border cr ...
in the ancient province of Syria.'' Hellenopolis was a city in Anatolia (perhaps
Bithynia Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Pa ...
or Mysia) founded by an Attalus, by gathering together the inhabitants of a number of Greek cities.


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*''The Hellenistic settlements in Europe, the islands, and Asia Minor'' By Getzel M. Cohen Page 397 Attalid colonies {{AncientBithynia-geo-stub