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Halicarnassus
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Halicarnassus
Halicarnassus
( or
Alikarnassós
; ) was an
ancient Greek
city at the site of modern
Bodrum
in
Turkey
. It was located in southwest
Caria
on a picturesque, advantageous site on the
Ceramic Gulf
. The city was famous for the
tomb
of
Mausolus
, the origin of the word mausoleum, built between 353 BC and 350 BC, and one of the
seven wonders of the ancient world
. It was part of the
Persian Empire
(
Achaemenid Empire
) until captured by
Alexander the Great
at the
siege of Halicarnassus
in 334 BC.
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