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A pentapolis (from
Greekπεντα-penta-, 'five' and πόλιςpolis, 'city') is a geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities. Cities in the ancient world probably formed such groups for political, commercial and military reasons, as happened later with the
Cinque Ports in England.
The Western Pentapolis of
Cyrenaica: five main Greek colonies that came to be in the Roman province of
Libya Superior, the western part of Cyrenaica until Diocletian's
Tetrarchy reform in AD 296 (now Libya).[2] The most important was
Cyrene and its port
Apollonia,
Ptolemais (the next capital after Cyrene's destruction by an earthquake), port of
Barca (the later Arab provincial capital Barka), Teucheira (modern
Tocra) and Berenice (modern
Benghazi); also known as the Pentapolis inferior ("lower pentapolis"'). This is the Pentapolis that is referenced in the official title of the
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and the
Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
The
Five Boroughs of New York City, which were separately governed city-counties until the 1874 and 1898 annexations.
The
Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois (so named before the fifth city,
Bettendorf, Iowa, grew in the mid-20th century) that share cultural institutions and infrastructure.
There are five qsur "walled villages" (ksour) located on rocky outcrops along the
Wəd Mzab collectively known as the Pentapolis, founded between 1012 and 1350.[5] They are:
Ghardaïa (Tagherdayt), the principal settlement today;
Beni Isguen (At Isjen);
Melika (At Mlishet);
Bounoura (At Bunur); and
El Atteuf (Tajnint), the oldest of the five settlements.[6] Adding the more recent settlements of
Bérianne and
El Guerrara, the Mzab Heptapolis is completed.
^Hallenbeck, Jan T. (1982). "Pavia and Rome: The Lombard Monarchy and the Papacy in the Eighth Century". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 72 (4). Philadelphia: 1–186.
doi:
10.2307/1006429.
JSTOR1006429.
^Barron, James.
"IF YOU'RE THINKING OF LIVING IN: FIVE TOWNS", The New York Times, July 10, 1983. Accessed May 20, 2008. "The basic five are Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett and Inwood. But the area also includes some unincorporated communities and two tiny villages, Hewlett Bay Park and Woodsburgh, that are not added to the final total."
This article may lack focus or may be about more than one topic. In particular, is this article about the word, the concept, or should it be a disambig page?. Please help improve this article, possibly by
splitting the article and/or by introducing a
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talk page.(October 2010)
A pentapolis (from
Greekπεντα-penta-, 'five' and πόλιςpolis, 'city') is a geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities. Cities in the ancient world probably formed such groups for political, commercial and military reasons, as happened later with the
Cinque Ports in England.
The Western Pentapolis of
Cyrenaica: five main Greek colonies that came to be in the Roman province of
Libya Superior, the western part of Cyrenaica until Diocletian's
Tetrarchy reform in AD 296 (now Libya).[2] The most important was
Cyrene and its port
Apollonia,
Ptolemais (the next capital after Cyrene's destruction by an earthquake), port of
Barca (the later Arab provincial capital Barka), Teucheira (modern
Tocra) and Berenice (modern
Benghazi); also known as the Pentapolis inferior ("lower pentapolis"'). This is the Pentapolis that is referenced in the official title of the
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and the
Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
The
Five Boroughs of New York City, which were separately governed city-counties until the 1874 and 1898 annexations.
The
Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois (so named before the fifth city,
Bettendorf, Iowa, grew in the mid-20th century) that share cultural institutions and infrastructure.
There are five qsur "walled villages" (ksour) located on rocky outcrops along the
Wəd Mzab collectively known as the Pentapolis, founded between 1012 and 1350.[5] They are:
Ghardaïa (Tagherdayt), the principal settlement today;
Beni Isguen (At Isjen);
Melika (At Mlishet);
Bounoura (At Bunur); and
El Atteuf (Tajnint), the oldest of the five settlements.[6] Adding the more recent settlements of
Bérianne and
El Guerrara, the Mzab Heptapolis is completed.
^Hallenbeck, Jan T. (1982). "Pavia and Rome: The Lombard Monarchy and the Papacy in the Eighth Century". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 72 (4). Philadelphia: 1–186.
doi:
10.2307/1006429.
JSTOR1006429.
^Barron, James.
"IF YOU'RE THINKING OF LIVING IN: FIVE TOWNS", The New York Times, July 10, 1983. Accessed May 20, 2008. "The basic five are Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett and Inwood. But the area also includes some unincorporated communities and two tiny villages, Hewlett Bay Park and Woodsburgh, that are not added to the final total."