Introducing Kantra, Trajan's Aqueducts in Harbiye, Hatay, Turkey

Introducing Kantra, Trajan’s Aqueducts in Harbiye, Hatay, Turkey

We are in the southernmost province of Hatay in Turkey. There is a structure that has survived from ancient times in this city of Harbiye, located on the Syrian border. Trajan’s Aqueducts known as Kantra, named after Roman Constable Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, who made this construction.

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Maussolleion: Halicarnassus and the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Maussolleion: Halicarnassus and the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Halicarnassus was one of the important cities of Western Anatolia in Ancient Ages, which remains in the center of Bodrum today. Strabo, Halicarnassus and Knidos ancient cities after the death of the last Athenian King Kodros, that is BC. He says it wasn’t in the first quarter of the 11th century. Accordingly, this ancient city must have been founded after the given date.

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How was the life of women in ancient Greek society?

Education and politics, arts and culture of ancient Greek women

So much so that ancient Greek women are tricked and intimidated by Heracles, the ultimate symbol of male power, in most versions of mythology. Because Amazon women are not the ideal of Greek society. Instead, women like Penelope in Homer’s famous epic Odyssey are idealized. Penelope, a beautiful woman, is loyal only to her husband when she has hundreds of suitors.

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How was the life of women in ancient Greek society?

How was the life of women in ancient Greek society?

You must have seen how powerful and mighty the Amazons are in popular depictions of ancient Greek society. This legendary group of free, wild and physically strong women was actually inspired by real nomadic women living in the Eurasian steppe. In the ancient world, these powerful women were a threat to the patriarchal order.

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Once upon a time there was a country called Phoenicia

Once upon a time there was a country called Phoenicia

Phoenicia, ancient region along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean that corresponds to modern Lebanon, with adjoining parts of modern Syria and Israel. Its location along major trade routes led its inhabitants, called Phoenicians, to become notable merchants, traders, and colonizers in the 1st millennium BCE. The chief cities of Phoenicia (excluding colonies) included Byblos, Sidon, Tyre, and Berot (modern Beirut).

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