Iconium

Japanese: Iconium
Iconium

…Located at an altitude of 1,025m on a key transportation route in central Anatolia, it is known as a trading and processing center for wheat, fruit, and wool from the Konya Plain, known as Turkey's breadbasket, and as a religious city with the headquarters of the mystical sect Melevi. The city's construction dates back to ancient Phrygia, and in Roman times it was called Iconium, the capital of the Lycaonia region, and was one of the first missionary sites of Paul. After the end of the 11th century, it became the capital of the Seljuk Empire of Rum, and in the 12th and early 13th centuries it prospered as a trading center between the Islamic world and the Western Christian world, and was decorated with early Turkish-Islamic architecture such as palaces, mosques, and madrasas. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…標高1025m,アナトリア中部の交通要路に位置し,トルコの穀倉地帯とよばれるコニヤ平原に産する小麦,果物,羊毛の取引・加工地として,また神秘主義教団メウレウィーの本拠のある宗教都市として知られる。 町の建設は古代フリュギアにさかのぼり,ローマ時代にはリカオニア地方の主都としてイコニウムIconiumとよばれ,パウロの第1回伝道地の一つであった。11世紀末以後,ルーム・セルジューク朝の首都となり,12~13世紀前半には,イスラム世界と西方キリスト教世界との交易の拠点として繁栄し,宮殿,モスク,マドラサなどの初期のトルコ・イスラム建築に彩られた。…

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