Sinope

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Establishment

• January 699 BC: Sinope was founded by Greek colonists around 700 BC during a wave of Greek colonization in the eastern part of the Aegean Sea, Anatolia, and along the shores of the Black Sea.

Chronology

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1. Achaemenid occupation of Sinope (375 BC)

The Achaemenid satrap Datames briefly occupied Sinop around 375 BC.

• January 374 BC: The satrap Datames briefly occupied the city of Sinop around 375 BC.
• February 374 BC: The satrap Datames was a Persian general and governor of Cappadocia. He briefly occupied Sinope in -374 BC, a Greek city on the Black Sea coast. Sinope was an important city known for its strategic location and trade routes.

Disestablishment

• January 182 BC: Sinope eventually fell to Pharnaces I in 183 BC, after which it became the capital of the Pontic Kingdom.