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Ancient History in Turkey
"Anatolia" means "east" in Greek. In the Turkish language it means "the land full of mothers".
Many city names originated in Anatolia such as Philadelphia, Paris, Antioch, Troy and the continental name "Europe".
Alexander the Great embarked on a campaign against the Persians in 334 BC crossing the Dardanelles, occupying Gordium (this is where the fabled cutting of the Gordian knot took place) and defeating Darius the Third.
Two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World stood in Anatolia - the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
The words "Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)" were said by Julius Caesar when he went to Anatolia in 47 BC.
The Lycian federal system of government with proportional representation was used as a model by the authors of the United States constitution |
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