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Nur Mountains

Also known as Amanus Mountains

The Nur Mountains, the ancient Amanus, are a range in southern Turkey running north-east from the Mediterranean coast near İskenderun and separating Cilicia from northern Syria. Their passes, the Syrian and Amanian Gates, carried the main routes between Anatolia and the Levant, and in the Iron Age the kingdom of Sam'al lay in the valley to their east.

Nur Mountains
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Sam'alTarcondimotid Cilicia

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Nur Mountains. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nur-mountains
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“Nur Mountains.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nur-mountains. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Nur Mountains.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nur-mountains.
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