Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Antioch on the Orontes was an ancient city on the eastern side ( left bank ) of the Orontes River on the site of the modern city of Antakya , Turkey .
Simplified: Antioch on the Orontes ( ; ; Antiok ; ; Arabic : Ø Ù Ø Ø Ú Û Ù , Antakya ; also Great Antioch or Syrian Antioch ) was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River . It is near the modern city of Antakya , Turkey .