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Bodrum (Halicarnassus)
... Bodrum, known in the ancient times as Halicarnassus which was the capital of Caria, was the birthplace of Herodotus and the site of King Mausolous' Tomb (4th century B.C.), 1 of the Seven Wonders of ...
Sardis
... late second millennium B.C., a modest community existed at the foot of the acropolis. According to the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, the "sons of Heracles" founded a dynasty that remained in power ...
Lycia and the Lycians
... king, and advanced upon Lycia. On the Plain of Xanthos the Lycians met the much superior forces of the Persians, to no avail. Herodotus tells us of the tragic finale to the battle: "When Harpagus advanced ...
Marmaris
... to Rhodes, disliked the castle and said "Mimar as!", which means "Hang the architect!". Unfortunately there is no evidence to support this amusing tale . Castle According to the historian Herodotus, ...
Ancient Caria
... are unsure with conflicting evidence and ancient commentaries giving no definitive answer. Herodotus (484-425 BC) informs us that the Carians were originally from the Greek Islands, subjects of King Minos ...
Herodotus
Herodot was the father of written history who was born in Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, today Bodrum Herodotus, the "father of history" according to Cicero, was born in Dorian Halicarnassus (Bodrum today) ...
History
... Assyrian civilization , Urartu civilization , Hatti and Hurrian civilization , Battle of Kadesh (c.1275 BC) Later Antiquity Alexander the Great , Herodotus , Homer , Strabo , Seven Wonders of the ...
Homer
... and the West's earliest epic poet. Homer's dates are still not much know today with accuracy. For example, Herodotus said that Homer lived 400 years before his own time, which would be around 8th century ...
Foca (Phokaia)
... Velia in southern Italy, Massalia (modern Marseilles) in France, Lampsakos at the Dardanelles, and Amisos (modern Samsun) on the Black Sea. According to Herodotus, the world's first historian, Phocaeans ...
Phrygia and the Phrygians
... 8th and 7th c BC maintained close contacts with the Aryans in the east and the Greeks in the west. Its early history is only briefly chronicled (Herodotus), recounting the suicide of its last king, Midas, ...
Interesting facts about Turkey
... is the birthplace of historic legends, such as Homer (the poet), King Midas, Herodotus (the father of history), and St. Paul the Apostle. Julius Caesar proclaimed his celebrated words, "Veni, Vidi, Vici ...
Abydos
... historic facts. For example, as mentioned in Homer's Iliad, it was the spot where Leander (Leandros) swam over to Sestus (today's Canakkale city) to visit his mistress, Hero. Herodotus mentions the Persian ...
Eurasian Avars
... the times of Herodotus); and we may assume that they were a very mixed group of warriors who wanted to escape domination by the Turks." The Avars were driven westward when the Sassanid Persians ...
Etymology
... the inscriptions contain a similar name. Herodotus tells us that the name of the Cappadocias (Katpatouka) was applied to them by the Persians, while they were termed by the Greeks "Syrians" ...
Sinop
... the Black Sea port of a caravan route that led from the upper Euphrates valley (Herodotus 1.72; 2.34), issued its own coinage, founded colonies, and gave its name to a red arsenic sulfate mined in Cappadocia, ...
Geography of Anatolia and Asia Minor
... We don't know exactly when and how the Anatolian Peninsula came to be called Asia Minor or Asia, but we have some clues from ancient writers like Homers, Herodotus, Strabo who refer to the land by this name. ...
Troy
... a west Libyan tribe who said that they were descended from the men of Troy, according to Herodotus. The Trojan ships transformed into naiads, who rejoiced to see the wreckage of Odysseus' ship. Some ...
Marmaris
... in the 6th century BC the city was known as Physkos, and considered part of Caria. According to the historian Herodotus, there was a castle in Marmaris since 3000 BC. During the Hellenistic Age, Caria ...
Sardis (Sart)
... Persian domination began in 546 BCE, when King Croesus and Sardis fell to Cyrus. Herodotus records the shock of the Lydian defeat, as they considered the city impregnable. According to the ancient historian, ...
Ephesus (Selcuk)
... (560-290 BCE): According to Herodotus (I.26), King Croessus (560 BCE) conquered the city mid 6th century BCE, as he tamed the Ionian cities. The establishment of mining operations for gold and the minting ...