Trabzon
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Trabzon (Turkis pronunciation: [ˈtrabzon]) is a ceety on the Black Sea coast o north-eastren Turkey an the caipital o Trabzon Province. Trabzon, locatit on the historical Silk Road, acame a meltin pot o releegions, leids an cultur for centuries an a tred gateway tae Iran in the sootheast an the Caucasus tae the northeast.[3] The Venetian an Genoese merchants peyed visits tae Trebizond during the medieval period an sauld silk, linen an woolen fabric; wi the Republic o Genoa havin an important merchant colony within the ceety that wis seemilar tae Galata near Constantinople (north athort the Gowden Horn) in present-day Istanbul.[4] Trabzon furmed the basis o several states in its lang history an wis the caipital ceety o the Empire o Trebizond atween 1204 an 1461. During the Ottoman period, Trabzon, acause o the importance o its port, acame a focal pynt o tred tae Iran an the Caucasus. The population o the centre urban is 230,399 (2009 census).
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