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Below is a sequence of some of the events that affected the history of the city of
Image:View GulfofIzmir from MountYamanlar.jpg, A port city unravels since millennia in the outlying waters of the
Image:Homer_British_Museum.jpg,
Image:1843 Chenavard Agora.jpg, View of the site of Agora of Smyrna in an 1843 engraving
Image:Jean-BaptisteCamilleCorot 1873 SmyrneBournabat.jpg, Bornova (''Bournabat'') as imagined by
Image:Kadifekale IzmirTurkey 1880s.jpg, A Turkish quarter in 19th century Ä°zmir:
Ä°zmir
Ä°zmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of Ä°zmir Province. In 2024, the city of Ä°zmir had ...
(''historically also Smyrna
Smyrna ( ; , or ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek city located at a strategic point on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, Turkey. Due to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence, and its good inland connections, Smyrna ...
'').
Timeline
Gulf of Ä°zmir
The Gulf of İzmir (), formerly known as the Gulf of Smyrna, is a gulf on the Aegean Sea, with its inlet between the Karaburun Peninsula and the mainland area of Foça. It is in length by in breadth, with an excellent anchorage. The city of İz ...
as narrow as a strait in its end as seen here from Mount Yamanlar
Mount Yamanlar () is a mountain in Ä°zmir Province, Turkey, located within the boundaries of the Greater Metropolitan Area of the city.
Easily accessible from Izmir, Yamanlar is a popular excursion spot for the inhabitants of the city. It is se ...
. Mount Yamanlar is also where a crater lake
Crater Lake ( Klamath: ) is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the Western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is a tourist attraction for its deep blue color and water clarity. T ...
named ''Karagöl'' (meaning ''Black Lake'' in Turkish
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) and also called as "Lake Tantalus
Tantalus ( ), also called Atys, was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus: for either revealing many secrets of the gods, for stealing ambrosia from them, or for trying to trick them into eating his son, he ...
" is found.
Image:ManisaAglayanKayaWeepingStoneTurkey.jpg, Mount Sipylus
Mount Spil (), the ancient Mount Sipylus () (elevation ), is a mountain rich in legends and history in Manisa Province, Turkey, in what used to be the heartland of the Lydians and what is now Turkey's Aegean Region.
Its summit towers over th ...
is famous for its "Weeping Rock", associated with Niobe
Niobe (; : Nióbē) was in Greek mythology a daughter of Tantalus and of either Dione or of Eurythemista or Euryanassa. She was the wife of Amphion and the sister of Pelops and Broteas.
Niobe is mentioned by Achilles in Homer's ''Iliad ...
, daughter of the semi-legendary local ruler Tantalus
Tantalus ( ), also called Atys, was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus: for either revealing many secrets of the gods, for stealing ambrosia from them, or for trying to trick them into eating his son, he ...
, the first recorded sovereign to have controlled the area of the Gulf of Ä°zmir
The Gulf of İzmir (), formerly known as the Gulf of Smyrna, is a gulf on the Aegean Sea, with its inlet between the Karaburun Peninsula and the mainland area of Foça. It is in length by in breadth, with an excellent anchorage. The city of İz ...
.
Image:Throne of Pelops Mount Sipylus Manisa Turkey.jpg, The "Throne", conjecturally associated with Pelops
In Greek mythology, Pelops (; ) was king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus region (, lit. "Pelops' Island"). He was the son of Tantalus and the father of Atreus.
He was venerated at Olympia, where his cult developed into the founding myth of the ...
" in Yarikkaya locality in Mount Sipylus, is an isolated stone bench or altar possibly carved to accommodate a stone or wooden statue.
Image:NejdetDuzen KarabelHittiteLuwianMonumentCarvedinRockKemalpasaTurkey.jpg, Karabel Luvian
Luwian (), sometimes known as Luvian or Luish, is an ancient language, or group of languages, within the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family. The ethnonym Luwian comes from ''Luwiya'' (also spelled ''Luwia'' or ''Luvia'') – ...
warrior monument carved in rock dated to the 13th century BC and at a distance of 30 km from Ä°zmir, near KemalpaÅŸa
KemalpaÅŸa is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Ä°zmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 681 km2, and its population is 114,250 (2022). KemalpaÅŸa town is from the historical and traditional center of Ä°zmir, (Konak, Ä°zmir, Ko ...
, deciphered as having been dedicated to Tarkasnawa
Tarkasnawa was ruler of the Kingdom of Mira, and one of the last independent kings of Arzawa, a Bronze Age confederation of kingdoms in western Anatolia. He was probably the son of King Alantalli, and a contemporary of the Hittite king Tudḫali ...
, a King of Mira within Arzawa
Arzawa was a region and political entity in Western Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age. In Hittite texts, the term is used to refer both to a particular kingdom and to a loose confederation of states. The chief Arzawan state, whose capital wa ...
complex, attests to the westernmost reaches of the late Hittites
The Hittites () were an Anatolian peoples, Anatolian Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of the Bronze Age in West Asia. Possibly originating from beyond the Black Sea, they settled in mo ...
and their dependent principalities.
Homer
Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite doubts about his autho ...
was also called ''Melesigenes (son of Meles)'' by the name of the River Meles
The River Meles () (more appropriately described as "Meles Brook") is a stream charged with history and famous in literature, especially by virtue of being associated in a common and consistent tradition with Homer's birth and works. It flowed by t ...
which flows through Ä°zmir and still carries the same name.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot ( , , ; 16 July 1796 – 22 February 1875), or simply Camille Corot, was a French Landscape art, landscape and Portraitist, portrait painter as well as a printmaking, printmaker in etching. A pivotal figure in ...
in 1873
Kadifekale
Kadifekale (literally "the velvet castle" in Turkish) is a hilltop castle in Ä°zmir, Turkey. The castle is located on the Mount Pagos (, Pagus under the Roman Empire) which has an elevation of 186 metres. It was built in the 3rd century BC. T ...
Image:Goztepe IzmirTurkey 1880s.jpg, A Greek quarter in 19th century İzmir: Göztepe (''Enopi''), with Susuzdede (''Agios Agapis'') hill in the background
Image:Karatas IzmirTurkey 1900s.jpg, A Jewish quarter in 19th century Ä°zmir: KarataÅŸ
KarataÅŸ (Turkish language, Turkish for ''black stone'') is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 862 km2, and its population is 23,499 (2022). The town itself has 10,293 inhabitants. It is o ...
Image:BornovaIzmirTurkey early20thcentury.jpg, A European quarter in 19th century Ä°zmir: Bornova
Bornova is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Ä°zmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 220 km2, and its population is 454,470 (2022). It is the third largest district in Ä°zmir's metropolitan area and is almost fully urbanized at ...
See also
*Timelines
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Timelines can use any suitable scale representing t ...
of other cities
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in Turkey: Ankara
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, Bursa
Bursa () is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the Marmara Region, Bursa is one of the industrial centers of the country. Most of ...
, Istanbul
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