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Canakkale
... terminal to Troy for cruise ships. Canakkale has a nice archaeological museum with many objects distributed in 5 different halls; Canakkale ceramics from 17th century to 20th centuries showing the city ...
Turkey 's physical geography
... firewood, but set alight deliberately via ancient peoples as a means of capturing enemy towns. Even using primitive axes, people were able to destroy vast tracts of forest. Deforestation has led to serious ...
1453: Conquest of Constantinople
... in Topkapi. The same day the city was besieged from the Golden Horn to the Marmara Sea from the land. 6-7 April 1453 First cannons fired. Some of the fortresses in Edirnekapi were destroyed. 9 April ...
King Croesus
... his vast domains, was soon threatening the kingdom of Lydia. Croesus consulted the oracle of Delphi in Greece. The oracle replied: "If Croesus goes to war he will destroy a great empire." So Croesus went ...
Xanthos
... of resisting the taxes the Athenians wanted to impose on them in 429 BC, the city was largely destroyed and the inhabitants were drawn into a war. And thus Xanthos became "a city of disasters". The city ...
Termessos
... A.D. after a gradual decline and earthquakes which destroyed its aqueduct and thus their water supply. Termessos is 1 of the best preserved ancient cities of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). The most ...
Byzantine Emperors, Theodosius I, II and III
... 325 to be considered Catholic Christians. He severely acted against paganism like closing and even destroying temples and ending the Olympic Games. In 381 he convened the second Ecumenical Council in Istanbul ...
Top Tourist Sites
Top Tourist Sites of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) See also: Regions of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) Marmara: Istanbul , Bursa , Iznik (Nicaea) , Troy , the region… Aegean (Turkish: ...
Trabzon
... Mosque. Since the community of a church in front of Mumhane became Moslems, this church was also turned into a mosque and was called Karabas Mosque. But it was destroyed in 1788. Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror ...
Troy
Troy is the ancient city of Priam in Asia Minor, Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) Troy is a city which existed over 4.000 years and known as the center of ancient civilizations. For many years people believed ...
Greek mythology A-M
... is a name sometimes given to Hermes because of his eloquence. Acamas Acamas was a son of Theseus and Phaedra. He went to Troy with Diomedes to demand the return of Helen. Acastus Acastus was a son of ...
Selge
... century A.D. the Goths in Phrygia, these rebelled against the Empire and attacked and destroyed many cities in Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu). The Goths attacked to Selge as well in 399 A.D, but they couldn't ...
Side
... in the 7th century AD destroyed Side and its inhabitants abandoned the city. Side was not a settlement during the Seljuk or Ottoman periods. Today excavations and studies display that Side was a very ...
Historical and cultural sites
... main archaeological sites such as Assos, Troy, Pergamon, Ephesus (Turkish: Efes), Miletus, Priene, Didyma, Aphrodisias, Heraclia, Myra, Olympus, Chimeira, Phaselis, Patara, Xantos, Pinara, Tlos, Letoon, ...
Islamic terms 2
... the governments politics. The ulama has great influence on most Muslims, but this influence is easily destroyed when the ulama loses its credibility. The credibility of the ulama depends very much on their ...
Greek mythology N-Z
... Odysseus Odysseus was a Greek hero. He devised the strategy of the wooden horse used via the Greeks to conquer Troy. Oedipus Oedipus was the son of Laius. The Delphic oracle foretold that Laius would ...
St. Nicholas of Myra
... St. Nicholas was tireless and took strong measures: among other temples he destroyed was that of Artemis, the principal in the district, and the evil spirits fled howling before him. He was the guardian ...
The Nika Revolt
... enemy the fight, the conclusion of the matter for them will be to be carried off straight away to the prison, and finally, after suffering extreme torture, to be destroyed. So there grows up in them against ...
Osmaniye
... as those of Malatya, Sakcagözü, Maras, Kargamis, and Zincirli, sprang up south of the Taurus mountain range. They were conquered and destroyed in the course of various Assyrian campaigns. The ...
Pamphylia
... with the local peoples having fled here following the fall of Troy around 1184 BC. The name Pamphylia is ancient Greek for "land of all tribes" and an indication of just how colorful a mixture this must ...