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Wonder #6 History Clue

The city in which this Wonder resided used to be three city-states that combined to form one territory. The city was besieged at several different times, but most notably when its citizens refused to join a leader called Antigonus in a battle against Ptolemy I of Egypt. A great siege took place and the city emerged victorious. In victory, the city's inhabitants built this Wonder.

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