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Gordion, the Glossary

Gordion (Phrygian:; translit; Gordion or Gordiyon; Gordium) was the capital city of ancient Phrygia.^[1]

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Archaeological sites in Central Anatolia
Buildings and structures in Ankara Province
Geography of Ankara Province
History of Ankara Province
World Heritage Sites in Turkey

Achaemenid Empire

The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (𐎧𐏁𐏂), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.

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Acropolis

An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense.

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Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon (Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

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Alfred Körte

Alfred Körte (September 5, 1866 – September 6, 1946) was a German classical philologist who was a native of Berlin.

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Anatolia

Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Ankara

Ankara, historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and 5.8 million in Ankara Province, making it Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul, but first by the urban area (4,130 km2).

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Assyria

Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: x16px, māt Aššur) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC, which eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC.

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Babylonia

Babylonia (𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠) was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria and Iran).

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Balkans

The Balkans, corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.

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Battle of the Sakarya

The Battle of the Sakarya (lit), also known as the Battle of the Sangarios (Máchi tou Sangaríou), was an important engagement in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922).

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

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Bryges

Bryges or Briges (Βρύγοι or Βρίγες) is the historical name given to a people of the ancient Balkans.

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C. Brian Rose

Charles Brian Rose is an American archaeologist, classical scholar, and author.

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Celts

The Celts (see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples were a collection of Indo-European peoples.

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Cilicia

Cilicia is a geographical region in southern Anatolia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Cimmerians

The Cimmerians were an ancient Eastern Iranic equestrian nomadic people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe, part of whom subsequently migrated into West Asia.

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Classical Antiquity (journal)

Classical Antiquity is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all topics pertaining to the field of classics, including Greek and Roman literature, history, archaeology, art, philosophy and philology, from the Bronze Age through Late Antiquity.

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Cyrus the Great

Cyrus II of Persia (𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.

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Dascylium

Dascylium, Dascyleium, or Daskyleion (Δασκύλιον, Δασκυλεῖον), also known as Dascylus, was a town in Anatolia some inland from the coast of the Propontis, at modern Ergili, Turkey.

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Dendrochronology

Dendrochronology (or tree-ring dating) is the scientific method of dating tree rings (also called growth rings) to the exact year they were formed in a tree.

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Electrical resistivity tomography

Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) or electrical resistivity imaging (ERI) is a geophysical technique for imaging sub-surface structures from electrical resistivity measurements made at the surface, or by electrodes in one or more boreholes.

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Eusebius

Eusebius of Caesarea (Εὐσέβιος τῆς Καισαρείας; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek Syro-Palestinian historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist.

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Galatians (people)

The Galatians (Galátai; Galatae, Galati, Gallograeci; lit) were a Celtic people dwelling in Galatia, a region of central Anatolia in modern-day Turkey surrounding Ankara during the Hellenistic period.

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Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (consul 189 BC)

Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (fl. 189 BC) was a Roman consul for the year 189 BC, together with Marcus Fulvius Nobilior.

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Gordian Knot

The cutting of the Gordian Knot is an Ancient Greek legend associated with Alexander the Great in Gordium in Phrygia, regarding a complex knot that tied an oxcart.

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Gordias

Gordias (Γορδίας, Gordías; also Γόρδιος, Górdios, "Gordius") was the name of at least two members of the royal house of Phrygia.

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Gordion Furniture and Wooden Artifacts

A spectacular collection of furniture and wooden artifacts was excavated by the University of Pennsylvania at the site of Gordion (Latin: Gordium), the capital of the ancient kingdom of Phrygia in the early first millennium BC.

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Gordion Museum

Gordion Museum is a museum in Turkey. Gordion and Gordion Museum are Buildings and structures in Ankara Province.

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Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)

The Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 was fought between Greece and the Turkish National Movement during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, between 15 May 1919 and 14 October 1922.

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Ground-penetrating radar

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a geophysical method that uses radar pulses to image the subsurface.

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Gustav Körte

Gustav Körte (8 February 1852 – 15 August 1917) was a German classical archaeologist.

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Hellespontine Phrygia

Hellespontine Phrygia (Hellēspontiakē Phrygia) or Lesser Phrygia (mikra Phrygia) was a Persian satrapy (province) in northwestern Anatolia, directly southeast of the Hellespont.

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Herodotus

Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος||; BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy.

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Histories (Herodotus)

The Histories (Ἱστορίαι, Historíai; also known as The History) of Herodotus is considered the founding work of history in Western literature.

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Hittites

The Hittites were an Anatolian Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of Bronze Age West Asia.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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Istanbul Archaeology Museums

The Istanbul Archaeology Museums (İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri) are a group of three archaeological museums located in the Eminönü quarter of Istanbul, Turkey, near Gülhane Park and Topkapı Palace.

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Journal of Archaeological Science

The Journal of Archaeological Science is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers "the development and application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology".

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Kızılırmak River

The Kızılırmak (Turkish for "Red River"), once known as the Halys River (Ἅλυς) and Alis River, is the longest river flowing entirely within Turkey.

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Keith DeVries

Keith Robert DeVries (January 2, 1937 – July 16, 2006) was a prominent archaeologist and expert on the Phrygian city of Gordium, in what is now Turkey.

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List of fermented foods

This is a list of fermented foods, which are foods produced or preserved by the action of microorganisms.

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Lists of World Heritage Sites

This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites.

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Lydia

Lydia (translit; Lȳdia) was an Iron Age historical region in western Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey.

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Machteld Mellink

Machteld Johanna Mellink (October 26, 1917, Amsterdam – February 23, 2006, Haverford, Pennsylvania) was an archaeologist who studied Near Eastern cultures and history.

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Magnetic survey (archaeology)

Magnetic surveying is one of a number of methods used in archaeological geophysics.

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Megaron

The megaron (μέγαρον,,: megara) was the great hall in very early Mycenean and ancient Greek palace complexes.

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Midas

Midas (Μίδας) was the name of a king in Phrygia with whom many myths became associated, as well as two later members of the Phrygian royal house.

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Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.

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Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi) is located on the south side of Ankara Castle in the Atpazarı area in Ankara, Turkey.

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Naomi Miller

Naomi Miller is an archaeobotanist who works in western and central Asia.

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Nature (journal)

Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.

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Nicomedes I of Bithynia

Nicomedes I (Νικομήδης; lived c. 300 BC – c. 255 BC, reigned 278 BC – c. 255 BC), second king of Bithynia, was the eldest son of Zipoetes I, whom he succeeded on the throne in 278 BC.

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Penn Museum

Penn Museum, formerly known as The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, is an archaeology and anthropology museum at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Pessinus

Pessinus (Πεσσινούς or Πισσινούς) was an Ancient city and archbishopric in Asia Minor, a geographical area roughly covering modern Anatolia (Asian Turkey).

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Phrygia

In classical antiquity, Phrygia (Φρυγία, Phrygía) was a kingdom in the west-central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. Gordion and Phrygia are history of Ankara Province.

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Phrygian language

The Phrygian language was the Indo-European language of the Phrygians, spoken in Anatolia (modern Turkey), during classical antiquity (c. 8th century BCE to 5th century CE).

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Phrygians

The Phrygians (Greek: Φρύγες, Phruges or Phryges) were an ancient Indo-European speaking people who inhabited central-western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) in antiquity.

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Polatlı

Polatlı (formerly Ancient Greek: Γόρδιον, Górdion and Latin: Gordium) is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.

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Porsuk River

The Porsuk River also Kocasu-Porsuk River (Porsuk Çayı, Kocasu-Porsuk Çayı), ancient Tembris, is a river in Turkey, that flows for.

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Radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.

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Realgar

Realgar, also known as ″arsenic blende″, ″ruby sulphur″ or ″ruby of arsenic″, is an arsenic sulfide mineral with the chemical formula α-.

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Rodney Young (archaeologist)

Rodney Stuart Young (born August 1, 1907, in Bernardsville, New Jersey, – died October 25, 1974, in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania) was an American Near Eastern archaeologist.

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Sakarya River

The Sakarya (Sakarya Nehri; 𒀀𒇉𒊭𒄭𒊑𒅀|translit.

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Sargon II

Sargon II (𒈗𒁺|translit.

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Sea of Marmara

The Sea of Marmara, also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea, is a small inland sea located entirely within the borders of Turkey.

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Southeast Europe

Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe (SEE) is a geographical sub-region of Europe, consisting primarily of the region of the Balkans, as well as adjacent regions and archipelagos.

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Strabo

StraboStrabo (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed.

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Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.

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Temple of Apollo (Delphi)

The Temple of Apollo, also known as Apollonion, (Greek) was a major part of the Panhellenic religious sanctuary located in Central Greece at Delphi.

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Troad

The Troad (or; Τρωάδα, Troáda) or Troas (Τρῳάς, Trōiás or Τρωϊάς, Trōïás) is a historical region in northwestern Anatolia.

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Tumulus

A tumulus (tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

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Turkish War of Independence

The Turkish War of Independence (19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923) was a series of military campaigns and a revolution waged by the Turkish National Movement, after parts of the Ottoman Empire were occupied and partitioned following its defeat in World War I. The conflict was between the Turkish Nationalists against Allied and separatist forces over the application of Wilsonian principles, especially national self-determination, in post-World War I Anatolia and eastern Thrace.

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Type site

In archaeology, a type site is the site used to define a particular archaeological culture or other typological unit, which is often named after it.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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Yassıhüyük, Polatlı

Yassıhüyük is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Polatlı of Ankara Province, Turkey.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordion

Also known as Gordium.

, Naomi Miller, Nature (journal), Nicomedes I of Bithynia, Penn Museum, Pessinus, Phrygia, Phrygian language, Phrygians, Polatlı, Porsuk River, Radiocarbon dating, Realgar, Rodney Young (archaeologist), Sakarya River, Sargon II, Sea of Marmara, Southeast Europe, Strabo, Taylor & Francis, Temple of Apollo (Delphi), Troad, Tumulus, Turkish War of Independence, Type site, UNESCO, World Heritage Site, Yassıhüyük, Polatlı.

Gordion, the Glossary

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See also

Archaeological sites in Central Anatolia

Buildings and structures in Ankara Province

Geography of Ankara Province

History of Ankara Province

World Heritage Sites in Turkey

References