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For whatever reasons, Turia, though once conquered, had been spared. - (Captive of Gor, Chapter 11, Sentence #136)

Much of the hides, the horn and leather which found its way northward came from Turia, obtained from the Wagon Peoples of the treeless southern plains, and many of the manufactured goods, and goods of price, which found their way to the far south, and even to the Wagon Peoples, were produced in, or passed through, Turia. Perhaps the Tuchuks, one of the fierce Wagon Peoples, traditional enemies of Turia, her conquerors, had spared her for such reasons, that they might have outlet for their goods and a source for goods they could not well manufacture, or acquire, for themselves. It was still dangerous, however, to take caravans to Turia. For whatever reasons, Turia, though once conquered, had been spared. It was the best known of the Gorean cities below the equator, sometimes called the Ar of the south. "I hate Turians!" screamed the Lady Rena of Lydius. "I hate them!" "Be silent, Slave," said I to her. - (Captive of Gor)