Byzantium was a Greek community that was founded before Constantinople. It was an important settlement for Roman empire. As we know that it was the basic of Constantinople. It was an important harbor of Greek civilization. We can see a great Greek colony if we travel in time.
Chalcedon
Chalcedon was the the harbor of Bithynia and it was neighbor to Constantinople. It had a strategical and historical value. Scutari and Chalcedon were important settlement unites. They are today’s Üsküdar and Kadıköy. We will travel to Chalcedon (Kadıköy). Chalcedon was very famous in ancient era. Today we came across the remains of Chalcedon due…
Councils of Ephesus:
Ephesus is another destination in our time travel. Because it was the another destination on Christianity history. The calendar was in AD 431 and the first council was held in Church of Mary. Another one was held in AD 449. It was presided by Emperor Theodosius II. They were about the decision of Easter day…
First council of Constantinople:
Constantinople was the homeland of history also it was the center that Christianity was shaped and become an universal religion. We are going to travel first council of Constantinople that was held in 381. It was presided by Emperor Theodosius I and it was one of the well-known councils of Christianity. Although the holy trinity…
First Council of Nicea:
We are traveling in time and we are going to year 325 and Nicea (today’s Iznik). We will attend the council of Nicea. It is named as the first council of Christianity. It was gathered by Emperor Constantine and its goal was to solve the problem of Eastern Church (Arianism). The holy trinity was declared…
Hasankeyf: The tragedy of a history
Sometimes time is cruel against the valuable things. We have this situation in Batman of Turkey. Hasankeyf is one of the ancient sites that have pages in history. First outstanding feature is that it was an important destination on Silk Road. It had a bridge that tied up two banks of Tigris river. This ancient…
Ephesus: the ancient site that has the earliest ad
We know that publicity and marketing are key tools for a successful management today. So ads are necessary tools for a today’s business world. It was the same in the past. It isn’t absolutely when it was built. Ephesus ancient site has the earliest ad, this is the advertisement of a whorehouse. A footprint and…
Aktopraklık ancient site: A new design for ancient era
Anatolia is a landscape that it is possible to find an ancient settlement in any field. Today I will write a blog about an ancient village that was discovered nearby Bursa province of Turkey. Aktopraklık ancient village was one of the early settlement unites on North Western Anatolia. It is guessed that it is around…
Zeugma: the place where inhabitants smiled at us
Zeugma is the ancient site where time stopped and the faces smiled at us. The most outstanding feature is that we have faces in Zeugma. They aren’t dreams, they are faces of real people. Zeugma public left us their faces. We see them and they are looking at us. Zeugma mosaic museum, the ancient site…
Underground cities of Cappadocia; the hidden places of first Christians
As I mentioned before, Cappadocia has a historical value for all human being history. Not only the historical value, and also the religious importance in Christianity is another value of this place. First Christians ran away from Roman Empire’s cruel approach to Christianity so they discovered that they could hide here and build new settlement…