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Pteria may refer to: *Pteria (Cappadocia) Pteria ( grc, Πτερία) was the capital of the Assyrians in northern Cappadocia. They were said by Herodotus to have been taken and ruined by Croesus in 547 BCE. It also was the place of the Battle of Pteria, an undecided battle between ... a town in ancient Cappadocia (in modern Turkey) * ''Pteria'' (bivalve) a genus of bivalve molluscs, the winged oysters {{Disambig ...
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Pteria (Cappadocia)
Pteria ( grc, Πτερία) was the capital of the Assyrians in northern Cappadocia. They were said by Herodotus to have been taken and ruined by Croesus in 547 BCE. It also was the place of the Battle of Pteria, an undecided battle between Cyrus the Great and Croesus. Stephanus of Byzantium cites two towns with this or a similar name: a Pterium, which he calls a town of the Medes, and Pteria, a town in the territory of Sinope Sinope may refer to: *Sinop, Turkey, a city on the Black Sea, historically known as Sinope ** Battle of Sinop, 1853 naval battle in the Sinop port *Sinop Province * Sinope, Leicestershire, a hamlet in the Midlands of England *Sinope (mythology), in .... Its site is located near Kerkenes Dağ, Asiatic Turkey. External links The Histories of Herodotus By Herodotus, Henry Cary* References Populated places in ancient Cappadocia Former populated places in Turkey History of Yozgat Province {{Yozgat-geo-stub ...
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