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Sinope |
 | | Fruitlessly besieged in 220 B.C. by Mithridates IV, King of Pontus, Sinope was taken by Pharnaces in 183 B.C., and became the capital and residence of the kings of Pontus. |
 | | In November, 1853, the Turkish fleet was destroyed by the Russians in the port of Sinope. |
 | | Sinope is now the chief town of a sanjak of the vilayet of Castamouni, containing 15,000 inhabitants, about one half of whom are Greek schismatics. |
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