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	Iskenderun on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The city was founded by Alexander the Great to commemorate his victory over the Persians at Issus in 333 BC In AD 1515 the Ottoman Empire under Selim I, its ruler, captured the city.
		Le navire américain Capella dans le port turc de Iskenderun La menace d'une guerre dans le Golfe a accentué les tensions a.
		Le navire turc "MV Ulla", mardi à Iskenderun Un navire chargé de quelque 2.200 tonnes de cendres toxiques a coulé lundi so.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/Iskender.asp (710 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Iskenderun [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Iskenderun preserves the name, but probably not the exact site, of Alexandria ad Issum, founded by Alexander the Great in 333 BC, about 23 miles south of the scene of his victory, to supersede Myriandrus as key of the Syrian Gates.
		The importance of the place ever since has been derived from its relation to this pass, the easiest approach to the open ground of Hatay and Northern Syria.
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	encyclozine.com /Iskenderun (354 words)

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