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See also: town of See also: European See also: Turkey, in the vilayet of Adrianople; on the Maritza valley branch of the Constantinople-See also: Salonica railway, about 35 M
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S. of Adrianople
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Pop
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(1go5) about 1o,000
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See also: Demotica is built at the See also: foot of a conical See also: hill on the
See also: left See also: bank of the See also: river Kizildeli, near its junction with the Maritza
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It was formerly the seat of a See also: Greek See also: arch-See also: bishop, and besides the See also: ancient citadel and palace on the See also: summit of the hill contains several Greek churches, mosques and public See also: baths
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In the See also: middle ages, when it was named Didymotichos, it was one of the See also: principal marts of See also: Thrace; in See also: modern times it has regained something of its commercial importance, and exports pottery, See also: linen, See also: silk and grain
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These goods are sent to See also: Dedeagatch for shipment
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Demotica was the birthplace of the
1 See also H
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Usener in Nachrichten von der Konigl.Gssellschaft der Wissenschaften zu See also: Gottingen, p
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188 (1892) ; J
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H
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Lipsius, " 7ur Textcritik See also: des See also: Demosthenes " in Berich'te . der Konigl
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Sachsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (1893) with See also: special reference to the See also: papyrus finds at the end of the 19th century; E
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Bethe, Demosthenis scriptorum corpus (1893)
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See also: Turkish sultan Bayezid I
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(1347); after the See also: battle of See also: Poltava, See also: Charles XII. of Sweden resided here from
See also: February 1713 to See also: October 1714
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My maiden name is maria luisa m. demotica. was born 8-9-1954 in the philippines. My father is serafin b. demotica, he was born july 7,1926, he died april 1,1998. I'm just wondering that my ancestors came from Turkey, I remember that was my grammother told me that my grandfather was from turkey. Just happy to know this. Hopefully I can visit someday turkey, esp. the place the vilayeth Adrianpole Demotica. Takeyou, maria luisa demotica magbitang
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