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That would create a supercontinent called Amasia that would form at the top of the Earth.
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That would create a supercontinent called Amasia that would form at the top of the Earth.
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Strabo of Amasia says they were "some sort of public slaves", and other authors say they were a category between slaves and free people.
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Trebizon, Soria, Amasia, Thracia, Ilyria, Carmania, and all the hundred and thirty kingdoms late contributory to his mighty father, — long live Callapinus, Emperor of Turkey!
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[Enter Callapine, King Of Amasia, a Captain, and train, with drums and trumpets.]
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In the fourth century the Bishop of Amasia ridiculed the extravagant dress of his contemporaries.
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Amasia, the ancient capital of Cappadocia, Tokat, and Costambol, are rich and populous towns.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 392, October 3, 1829
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Stratios worshiped upon a high summit near Amasia was in reality
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Pliny did not mention the cities or villages, and it is uncertain whether Amastris, or Amasia, or Comana, was the place where Christians were tried by him.
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One of the principal Moslem schools is at Amasia in Galatia.
erinmckean commented on the word Amasia
Most future projections have it that the Pacific will close as its crust continues to sink beneath Asia to the west and North America to the east, and that South America and Antarctica will eventually join the ultra-slow-motion train wreck to form a supercontinent variously dubbed "Amasia" or "Novopangaea". (New Scientist, 17 September 2011)
October 23, 2011
bilby commented on the word Amasia
Enter Callapine, King Of Amasia, a Captain, and train, with drums and trumpets.
Train wreck indeed. Those bubble-blistered beakerheads over at New Scientist have never trusted amateur dramatic societies.
October 24, 2011