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Why, Ill tell you: this is called Pentapolis, and our king the good Simonides.
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Why, I'll tell you: this is called Pentapolis, and our king the good Simonides.
Pericles 1607
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Chedorlaomer's accession date of 2079 AM refers to his conquest of the five kings of the plain country near the [[Dead Sea]], called "Pentapolis" by [[James Ussher]], that includes
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Chedorlaomer's accession date of 2079 AM refers to his conquest of the five kings of the plain country near the [[Dead Sea]], called "Pentapolis" by [[James Ussher]], that includes
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Chedorlaomer's accession date of 2079 AM refers to his conquest of the five kings of the plain country near the [[Dead Sea]], called "Pentapolis" by [[James Ussher]], that includes
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Chedorlaomer's accession date of 2079 AM refers to his conquest of the five kings of the plain country near the [[Dead Sea]], called "Pentapolis" by [[James Ussher]], that includes
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It must be owned that to this Pentapolis was dealt very hard measure for religiously and diligently practicing a popular rite which a host of cities even in the present day, as Naples and Shiraz, to mention no others, affect for simple luxury and affect with impunity.
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Pentapolis was destroyed by discharges of meteoric stones during a tremendous thunderstorm.
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When he ends up next in the court of Simonides, King of Pentapolis, another monarch with another daughter of marriageable age, the contrast could not be more instructive.
Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002
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When Charlemagne ordered the pope to expel the Venetians from the Pentapolis and threatened the settlement in the lagoons, Venice turned again to Constantinople.
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