|
|
Ancient Abydus was a city of Troad that due to its strategic position played an important role in the history of the area until Late Antiquity. It was a wealthy city, especially during the Classical Period. |
more... |
|
|
|
|
Adada was an important city of Pisidia. It had a large population and flourished during the Imperial period. |
more... |
|
|
|
|
Commercial centre in the Cilician plain. It was renamed Antioch on the Sarus in the 2nd c. BC and thrived particularly after Pompey settled Cilician pirates, who became farmers. Evidence concerning the religious life of the city and important building remains have survived. |
more... |
|
|
|
|
The city of Adana is located in the middle of the plain of Cilicia. It was the seat of vilayet. In the plain of Cilicia, there were cultivated cereals, cotton, rice and sugarcane. The crossing of the railway line Constantinople-Baghdad from Adana constituted a key driver of development for the city and the surrounding area. In the late 19th century, Adana had already become an important commercial and entrepreneurial centre with approximately 70.000 inhabitants. |
|
|
|
|
A city in Bithynia featuring a mixed population of Orthodox Christians, Armenians and Muslims. In the early 20th century Adapazari was the seat of a kaymakamlik, which belonged to the mutasarrıflık of Nicomedia. Ecclesiastically it belonged to the metropolis of Nicomedia. It developed into a financial centre of a wider area, especially following the spread of the railway. |
|
|
|
|
L’Asie Mineure devint le cœur de l’Empire au VIIe siècle après que les Avars, les Slaves et les Bulgares aient conquis la majeure partie des Balkans et les Arabes arraché les provinces d’Orient. Du milieu du VIIIe siècle, ce territoire, fournisseur de soldats thématiques et d’officiers de valeur, de mieux en mieux protégé des raids arabes, retrouve progressivement son opûlance, grâce à la paix et à une population croissante. L’invasion seldjoukide fait perdre les deux tiers de l’Asie Mineure,... |
more... |
|
|