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See also:PERGA (mod. Murtana)
, an See also:ancient See also:city of See also:Pamphylia, situated about 8 m. inland, at the junction of a small stream (See also:Sari Su) with the Cestrus
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It was a centre of native influences as contrasted with the See also:Greek, which were predominant in See also:Attalia, and it was a See also:great seat of the See also:worship of " See also:Queen " See also:Artemis, here represented as a human-headed See also:cone and a purely Anatolian nature goddess
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There See also:Paul and See also:Barnabas began their first See also:mission in See also:Asia See also:Minor (Acts ix
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13)
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A much frequented route into See also:Phrygia and the Maeander valley began at See also:Perga, and See also:
See C
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Lanckoronski, Villes de la Pamphylie et de la Pisidie, vol. i
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(189o); See also:Sir W
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M
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