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Kemah
Kemah is a small town on the upper Euphrates in Erzincan province, eastern Turkey, below a strong fortress on a rock above the river gorge. Known in Byzantine times as Kamacha, it was one of the seats of the Mengujekid emirs from the late eleventh century, and later passed to the Seljuks, the Mongols and the Ottomans.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kemah. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kemah
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