Anatolia
This category deals with an area that is more or less identical to modern Turkey, prior to, say, Alexander the Great.
There are 566 items in Anatolia:
Çavustepe, Inscription |
Çavustepe, Kitchen |
Çavustepe, Wall |
Chicago, Oriental Institute
The Museum of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago has a large collection of finds from excavation in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, and Turkey, Among the most famous objects are the Megiddo Ivories, bronzes from Luristan, a…Cilicia
Cilicia: ancient name of what is now southern Turkey. The Persian king Cyrus the Great conquered this country, and after the fall of the Achaemenid empire, Cilicia belonged to the Seleucid and Roman Empires. It was well-known for its iron…Cilician Gate
Cilician Gate: road across the Taurus Mountains in southern Turkey, modern Gülek Bogazi. The Cilician gate The Cilician Gate is a pass…
The Cilician Plain (Que) |
Cimmerians
Cimmerians: nomadic tribe, living in Asia Minor in the seventh century BCE. The world of the Cimmerians The Cimmerians are known from…
Coin with the statue of Artemis of Ephesus; legend in Latin |
Coin of Hecatomnus (Zeus and lion) |
Croesus
Croesus (595-547?): fifth and last king of the Mermnad dynasty. His reign may have lasted from 560 to 547 BCE. Head…
Head of Croesus on a Greek vase |