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(Encyclopedia) Tahapanes, ancient city: see Tahpanhes. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tehaphnehes, ancient city: see Tahpanhes. ...

(Encyclopedia) Therma, ancient Greece: see Thessaloníki. ...

(Encyclopedia) Gerash, ancient city: see Gerasa.

(Encyclopedia) Bukovina bo͞okəvēˈnə [key], Rom. Bucovina, Ukr. Bukovyna, historic region of E Europe, in SW Ukraine and NE Romania. Traversed by the Carpathian Mts. and the upper Prut and Siretul rivers, it is ...

(Encyclopedia) amphibious warfare ămfĭbˈēəs [key], employment of a combination of land and sea forces to take or defend a military objective. The general strategy is very ancient and was extensively employed by...

(Encyclopedia) Marmara, Sea of, or Sea of Marmora, c.4,430 sq mi (11,474 sq km), NW Turkey, between Europe in the north and Asia in the south. The Sea of Marmara, c.175 mi (280 km) long and 50 mi (80 km) wide, is co...

(Encyclopedia) Troas trōˈăd [key], region about ancient Troy, on the northwest coast of Asia Minor, in present NW Turkey. Traversed by Mt. Ida (Kaz Daği) and strategically located on the Hellespont (Dardanelles)...

(Encyclopedia) Pars, ancient province, Iran: see Fars. ...

(Encyclopedia) Agade, ancient Mesopotamian city: see Akkad. ...