Yumurtalık (Ayas)

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Yumurtalık District Capital, Adana Province.
Ayas was an important harbour city of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in the second half of the 13th century, when with the fall of Acre and the silting up of the harbor of Tarsus, it became the center of trade between the West and the East, benefitting from its good roads east. Marco Polo disembarked here to begin his trip to China in 1271.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumurtalık
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Coordinates:   36°46'38"N   35°47'11"E

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  • Ayas became an important harbour city of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in the second half of the 13th century, when with the fall of Acre and the silting up of the harbor of Tarsus, it became the center of trade between the West and the East, benefitting from its good roads east. Marco Polo disembarked here to begin his trip to China in 1271.
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