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Person · Black Sea
Diogenes of Sinope
Diogenes of Sinope, the Cynic philosopher born on Turkey's Black Sea coast: exiled after a coinage scandal, he lived in a jar…
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Person · Black Sea
Strabo
Strabo of Amaseia, the ancient geographer born in today's Amasya: schooled in Nysa and Rome, he traveled from the Black Sea to…