18th C. Konya Fragment
Rippon-Boswell lot 115
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- Ancient city in Asia Minor, the modern
Konya, Turkey. In ancient times it was
known as Phrygia, Lycaonia, Cappadocia,
and the Roman province of Galatia. The
apostle Paul visited the city where he
converted part of the Greek and Jewish
population and established one of the
seven important churches. Iconium reached
it's peak as a Christian city in the
third century.
- It was a weaving center since at least
the Seljuk invasion in the eleventh
century.
- From 1063 to 1309 it was the capital of
the Seljuk Turks.
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