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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 456 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CASSABA , a See also:

town of See also:Asia See also:Minor, in the sanjak of See also:Manisa, 63 m. E. of See also:Smyrna, with which it is connected by See also:rail. Pop. estimated at 23,000, of which two-thirds are Mussulman; but the estimate is probably excessive. It has considerable See also:local See also:trade, and exports the products of the surrounding See also:district. See also:Cotton is the most important See also:article, and there are ginning factories in the town; the silkworm is largely raised and exported; and the " melons of Cassaba " are sent not only to Smyrna but to See also:Constantinople. There are fragments of See also:marbles built into the houses, but the See also:modern town does not seem to occupy any See also:ancient site of importance.

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