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c. 2500 BCETarsus most likely develops from a trade center of the Hatti.
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2334 BCE - 2083 BCETarsus known as Tarsisi in the time of the Akkadian Empire.
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1700 BCE - 1200 BCETarsus known as Tarsa under the Hittites.
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c. 1276 BCE - 1178 BCETarsus sacked by the Sea Peoples.
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c. 700 BCE - 612 BCETarsus capital of Cilicia under Assyrians.
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547 BCE - 333 BCETarsus thrives under the Persian Empire.
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400 BCETarsus becomes the seat of a Persian Satrapy.
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333 BCETarsus taken by Alexander the Great.
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333 BCEStop over of Alexander the Great at Tarsus.
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103 BCETarsus taken by Rome.
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66 BCEPopulace of Tarsus receives Roman Citizenship.
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64 BCETarsus is capital of Roman Cilicia Campestris.
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41 BCECleopatra and Mark Antony meet at Tarsus.
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27 BCETarsus is capital of Roman province of Syria-Cilicia Phoenice.
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27 BCE - c. 476 CETarsus thrives under the Roman Empire.
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5 CEPaul the Apostle is born in Tarsus.
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c. 476 CE - 700 CETarsus continues to flourish under Byzantine Empire.
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700 CE - 965 CETarsus taken by Muslim armies.
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965 CE - 1453 CETarsus is again under Byzantine control until the empire falls.
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c. 1453 CETarsus is taken by the Ottoman Empire.