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There's a lot of history here. The easiest way to deal with it in a digestible format seems to be to give a chronology of the major events to begin with. We're going to use that as a framework to hang bits and pieces on later.
7500 BC
First Stone age settlements at Çatalhüyük
1900-1300 BC
Hittite Empire with Hattusas as capital, contemporary with ancient Egypt and Babylon
1250 BC
The Trojan war and the fall of Troy
1200-700 BC
Migration of Greeks to Aegean coastal regions. Establishment of the Phrygian, Ionian, Lycian, Lydian, Carian and Pamphylian Kingdoms. The East of Turkey is the home of the Urartians
700 BC
Homer is born in Izmir (Smyrna). Aegean Hellenism begins
546 BC
Cyrus the Great leads the Persians into Anatolia
334 BC
Alexander the Great drives out the Persians
130 BC
The Romans incorporate Anatolia as the province of Asia, controlled from Ephesus (Efes)
40 BC
Antioch sees the marriage of Antony and Cleopatra
47-57 AD
St. Paul spreads Christianity and a community at Antioch is established
313
Roman Empire adopts Christianity
330
Constantine lays out the boundaries of his new capital, Constantinople
527-65
Glory of Byzantium under Justinian
638-718
Muslim Arabs besiege Constantinople
1054
Greek and Roman Churches split over theology
1071-1243
Rise and rule of the Selcuk Turks in Anatolia, Konya is their capital
1096-1204
The Crusades, marking the beginning of the end for Byzantium, a fascinating period in Byzantine history
1288
Ottoman Empire appears in Bursa
1453
The fall of Constantinople - the birth of Istanbul
1520-66
Suleyman the Magnificent sits on the Ottoman throne controlling a huge and powerful empire |
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