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:
Rough Cilicia |
Rough Cilicia, coast |
Sadyattes/Myrsilus/Candaules
Sadyattes I: last king of the Heraclid dynasty of Lydia, succeeded in c.680 BCE by Gyges, the founder of the Mermnad dynasty. Also known as Candaules and Myrsilus.King Sadyattes of Lydia is hardly more than a name - but it…Sadyattes II
Sadyattes II: third king of the Mermnad dynasty. His reign lasted from c.625 to c.600. Lydian stater The third king of Lydia,…Sagalassus (334 BCE)
Battle of Sagalassus: the battle between Alexander the Great and the Pisidians in the winter of 334/333 BCE, which ended in a Macedonian victory. …
Sagalassus hill |
Samus of Armenia
Samus (Greek:Σάμος): Orontid king in Armenia (r. c.260 BCE)King Samus, who ruled (part of) Armenia, is known from the inscriptions, found on Nemrud Dagi, in which king Antiochus I Theos of Commagene mentions his ancestors. He must be dated in the…Sangarius (Sakarya)
Sangarius (Greek Σαγγάριος): river in Phrygia and Bithynia, modern Sakarya. The Sakarya (ancient Sangarius) near Gordium According to the ancient geographer Strabo…
Sangarius and Kus tepe |
Šapinuwa (Ortaköy)
Šapinuwa: Bronze Age Hittite city, one of the major Hittite military, religious, and administrative centres. It is situated near modern Ortaköy in Turkey. …
Sapinuwa, Building A |
Sapinuwa, Building A, room |