Iran, Bam Earthquake

Bam: Iran’s Ancient City, over 2000 year old
destroyed in earthquake of December 26, 2003
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The modern Iranian city of Bam surrounds the Bam citadel. Before the 2003 earthquake the official population count of the city was of around 78,400. There are various opinions about the date and reasons for the foundation of the citadel wikipedia_Bam_Iran

Welch einerseits erhebende, welch andererseits dann wieder sehr enttäuschende Geschichte haben manche Regionen aufzuweisen im Wechsel der Jahrhunderte und Herrschafts-Cliquen …

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