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    Default Pergamon ----- an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey

    Pergamon ----- an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey that ----- the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon during the Hellenistic period.

    A) is / had become
    B) has been / became
    C) had been / would have become
    D) was / became
    E) will have been / might have


    Key is D, I think A

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    Default Re: Pergamon ----- an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey

    If Pergamon "is", please show me where.
    I know where is was, but is it still a city?

    John

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    Default Re: Pergamon ----- an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey

    Quote Originally Posted by Volcano1985 View Post
    Pergamon ----- an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey that ----- the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon during the Hellenistic period.
    "Pergamon […] was an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey, [...] that became the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon during the Hellenistic period, under the Attalid dynasty, 281–133 BC."
    Pergamon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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    Default Re: Pergamon ----- an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey

    Why said modern-day?

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    Default Re: Pergamon ----- an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey

    "modern-day Turkey" = i.e. the area is NOW part of Turkey, but wasn't part of Turkey during the other periods mentioned.

    Hope this helps
    R21
    PS It used to be part of Greece - as per your thread's title

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    Default Re: Pergamon ----- an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey

    Quote Originally Posted by Volcano1985 View Post
    Why said modern-day?
    I would replace "modern-day" with "what is now".
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    Default Re: Pergamon ----- an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey

    Wow. What an entirely horrible question. I was thinking that it IS a city that closely resembles what a city in ancient Greece would have looked like, and that it does exist in modern-day Turkey.

    I need to stop being astonished by how bad these questions are.
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