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The range is around 100 miles (200 kilometers) in length and reaches a maximum elevation of 2,240 m (7,350 ft). It divides the coastal region of
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Antioch from the Byzantine Reconquest Until the End of the Crusader Principality: Acta of the Congress Held at Hernen Castle in May 2003
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Byzantium and the Emergence of Muslim-Turkish Anatolia, Ca. 1040-1130 Volumen 20 de Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies
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Jos J. S. Weitenberg, "The Armenian Monasteries in the Black Mountain", in K. Ciggaar and M. Metcalf (eds.),
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Amanus Mountains (old name of today's Nur Mountains), southern part was between the
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monasteries and hermits in the mountains. On account of this, it was called
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The specific term "Mount Amanus" is referred to by ancient writers. In the
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who killed many monks. In 1098, the monks gave provisions to the
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Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition
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East and West in the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean
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Amanus Mountains
Mount Hor § Northern Mount Hor
Nur Mountains is located in Turkey
Elevation
Turkish
Hatay

Gulf of Issus
Antioch

İskenderun
Alexandria of Cilicia
Turkish
Ancient Greek
mountain range
Hatay Province
Turkey
Taurus Mountains
Ceyhan river
Gulf of İskenderun
Mediterranean
Gulf of İskenderun
Orontes
Asi
Cilicia
Antioch
Syria
Asia Minor
Anatolia
Southwest Asia

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