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Pentapolis
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A pentapolis (from Greek πεντα- penta-, 'five' and πόλις polis, 'city') is a geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities. Cities in the ancient world probably formed such groups for political, commercial and military reasons, as happened later with the Cinque Ports in England.

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The Pentapolis on the Adriatic was part of the Exarchate of Ravenna, an administrative unit of the Byzantine Empire.
Red: The Pentapolis. Orange: Other cities of the Exarchate.
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Significant historical cases

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Pentapoleis of the modern world

Algeria

  • There are five qsur "walled villages" (ksour) located on rocky outcrops along the Oued Mzab collectively known as the Pentapolis, founded between 1012 and 1350.[4] They are: Ghardaïa (Tagherdayt), the principal settlement today; Beni Isguen (At Isjen); Melika (At Mlishet); Bounoura (At Bunur); and El Atteuf (Tajnint), the oldest of the five settlements.[5] Adding the more recent settlements of Bérianne and El Guerrara, the Mzab Heptapolis is completed.

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