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  • 11Thebes — Thèbes Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Plusieurs villes portent ce nom : Thèbes, une des capitales de l Égypte antique ; Thèbes, principale cité de la Béotie, en Grèce ;… …

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  • 12THEBES — THEBES, ancient city in Upper egypt . A provincial backwater during the Old Kingdom, the small town of Wase rose to national prominence as the city of the 11th Dynasty kings who founded the Middle Kingdom (c. 2134–1786 B.C.E.). The cult of the… …

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  • 13Thebes — Thebes, IL U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 478 Housing Units (2000): 213 Land area (2000): 1.799708 sq. miles (4.661222 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.512752 sq. miles (1.328021 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.312460 sq. miles (5.989243 sq …

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  • 14Thebes, IL — U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 478 Housing Units (2000): 213 Land area (2000): 1.799708 sq. miles (4.661222 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.512752 sq. miles (1.328021 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.312460 sq. miles (5.989243 sq. km) FIPS… …

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  • 15THEBES — THEBES, city in E. central Greece. Benjamin of Tudela, the 12th century traveler, found 2,000 Jews in Thebes. They worked in silk dyeing. The city was renowned throughout Greece for these artisans and for its weaving mills. Judah Al Ḥarizi, who… …

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  • 16Thebes — • A metropolitan titular see of Achaia Secunda • Titular see of Thebais Secunda, suffragan of Ptolemais, and the seat of a Coptic Catholic diocese Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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  • 17Thebes — 1.) an ancient city in southern Egypt, where there are ancient ↑temples (=religious buildings) and ↑tombs (=places where dead people are buried) 2.) an ancient city in eastern Greece, northwest of Athens, where ↑Oedipus was king according to old… …

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  • 18Thebes — [thēbz] 1. ancient city in S Egypt, on the Nile, on the site of modern Luxor and Karnak 2. chief city of ancient Boeotia, EC Greece Theban [thē′bən] adj., n …

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  • 19Thebes — Thebaic /thi bay ik/, adj. Theban /thee beuhn/, adj., n. /theebz/, n. 1. an ancient city in Upper Egypt, on the Nile, whose ruins are located in the modern towns of Karnak and Luxor: a former capital of Egypt. 2. a city of ancient Greece, in… …

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  • 20Thebes, Greece — Infobox Greek Dimos name = Thebes name local = Θήβα caption skyline = Remains of the Cadmea, the central fortress of ancient Thebes city city periph = Central Greece prefec = Boeotia population = 23820 population as of = 2001 area = metro pop =… …

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