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Pergamon
Pergamon was an ancient Greek city in western Anatolia, near modern Bergama in Turkey, and the capital of the Attalid kingdom. It became one of the great centres of Hellenistic culture, with a famous library and the Great Altar. It was among the cities that flourished as centres of commerce and scholarship in the world created by the Macedonian Empire.
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