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DENIZLI (anc. Laodicea (q.v.)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 23 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DENIZLI (anc. See also:Laodicea (q.v.) ad Lycum), See also:chief See also:town of a sanjak of the See also:Aidin vilayet of See also:Asia See also:Minor, See also:altitude 1167 ft. Pop. about 17,000. It is beautifully situated at the See also:foot of Baba Dagh (Mt. Salbacus), on a tributary of the Churuk Su (Lycus), and is connected by a See also:branch See also:line with the station of Gonjeli on the See also:Smyrna-See also:Dineir railway. It took the See also:place of Laodicea when that town was deserted during the See also:wars between the Byzantines and Seljuk See also:Turks, probably between 1158 and 1174. It had become a See also:fine Moslem See also:city in the 14th See also:century, and was then called Ladik, being famous for the See also:woven and embroidered products of its See also:Greek inhabitants.

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