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Bible Encyclopedias
Geok-Tepe
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A former fortress of the Turkomans, in Russian Transcaspia, in the oasis of Akhal-tekke, on the Transcaspian railway, 28 m. N.W. of Askabad. It consisted of a walled enclosure am. in circuit, the wall being 18 ft. high and 20 to 30 ft. thick. In December 1880 the place was attacked by 6000 Russians under General Skobelev, and after a siege of twenty-three days was carried by storm, although the defenders numbered 25,000. A monument and a small museum commemorate the event.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Geok-Tepe'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/geok-tepe.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Geok-Tepe'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/geok-tepe.html. 1910.
