EricLe_Rouge Says: Gordium was probably the capital of Meshech. It was located where the Royal Road of Persian Kings crossed the Sangarius River. Excavations in the last forty years indicate that it was occupied as early as the third millennium B.C. Between 2000 and 1200 B.C. the city was an...
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typhoidmary Says: Honestly, until I went to Polatli, I never realized how close the Greeks made it to Ankara. No sites have translations into any language, but you only need to know that Yunanistanli is Greek and the Turks won. There are 2 sites in Polatli, one ın the middle of town...
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Gordium was probably the capital of Meshech. It was located where the Royal Road of Persian Kings crossed the Sangarius River. Excavations in the last forty...
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Gordion: the capital of the Phrygian kingdom.

The mound of Yassihüyük lies on the right bank of the Sakarya River some 20 km west-northwest of the market town of Polatli in west central Turkey, approximately 100 km southwest of Ankara. The valley...
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