Antioch on the Orontes (; , also Syrian Antioch) was an ancient Greco-Roman city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. Its ruins lie near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey, and lends the modern city its name. 

Antioch was founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals. The city's geographical, military, and economic location benefited its occupants, particularly such features as the spice trade, the Silk Road, and the Persian Royal Road. It eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the Near East. It was also the main center of Hellenistic Judaism at the end of the Second Temple period. Most of the urban development of Antioch was done during the Roman Empire, when the city was one of the most important in the eastern Mediterranean area of Rome's dominions. 

Antioch was called "the cradle of Christianity" as a result of its longevity and the pivotal role that it played in the emergence of both Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity. The Christian New Testament asserts that the name "Christian" first emerged in Antioch. It was one of the four cities of the Syrian tetrapolis, and its residents were known as "Antiochenes". The city was a metropolis of half a million people during Augustan times, but it declined to relative insignificance during the Middle Ages because of warfare, repeated earthquakes, and a change in trade routes, which no longer passed through Antioch from the far east following the Mongol conquests.
WHen was Antioch founded?
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WHo was he?
Where was it located?
Are any modern places near it?
What one?
What was one way the city's placement was a good one?
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Was it near any particular trading lines?
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Was the city associated with any faiths?
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WHat was one?
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How was it important to that one?
Antioch was founded near the end of the 4th century BC
Antioch was founded near the end of the 4th century BC
by Seleucus I Nicator
Antioch was founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator
he was one of Alexander the Great's generals.
by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals.
on the eastern side of the Orontes River
Antioch on the Orontes (; , also Syrian Antioch) was an ancient Greco-Roman city on the eastern side of the Orontes River.
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Its ruins lie near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey
Antakya
 Its ruins lie near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey,
its economic location benefited its occupants
The city's geographical, military, and economic location benefited its occupants, particularly such features as the spice trade, the Silk Road, and the Persian Royal Road
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unknown
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, particularly such features as the spice trade, the Silk Road, and the Persian Royal Road.
the Persian Royal Road
 particularly such features as the spice trade, the Silk Road, and the Persian Royal Road
the Silk Road
particularly such features as the spice trade, the Silk Road, and the Persian Royal Road.
yes
It was also the main center of Hellenistic Judaism 
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Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity
Christianity.
 both Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity. 
The Christian New Testament asserts that the name "Christian" first emerged in Antioch.
The Christian New Testament asserts that the name "Christian" first emerged in Antioch.
Judaism
both Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity. 
it played a  pivotal role in its emergence
the pivotal role that it played in the emergence of both Hellenistic Judaism