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Gordion. / 39.650356; 31.978243. Gordion ( Phrygian: Gordum; [1] Greek: Γόρδιον, romanized : Górdion; Turkish: Gordion or Gordiyon; Latin: Gordium) was the capital city of ancient Phrygia. It was located at the site of modern Yassıhüyük, about 70–80 km (43–50 mi) southwest of Ankara (capital of Turkey), in the immediate vicinity ...
Apr 28, 2011 · Gordium was the capital of ancient Phrygia, modern Yassihüyük. It is situated on the place where the ancient Royal road between Lydia and Assyria / Babylonia crosses the river Sangarius, which flows from central Anatolia to the Black Sea. Remains of the road are still visible. In the ninth century BCE, the city became the capital of the ...
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Apr 28, 2011 · Gordium (alias Gordion) était la capitale de l'ancienne Phrygie, près de l'actuelle Yassihüyük. Elle était située à l'endroit où l'ancienne route royale entre la Lydie et l' Assyrie /Babylonie traverse la rivière Sangarios (le Sakarya) qui coule de l'Anatolie centrale à la mer Noire.
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Gordion lies approximately ninety kilometres south-west of Ankara in central Türkiye, at the intersection of the great empires to the east (Assyrians, Babylonians, Hittites) and the west (Greeks, Romans). Consequently, it occupied a strategic position on nearly all trade routes that linked the Aegean and Mediterranean seas with the Near East.
Gordium. Antioch. Phrygia, ancient district in west-central Anatolia, named after a people whom the Greeks called Phryges and who dominated Asia Minor between the Hittite collapse (12th century bc) and the Lydian ascendancy (7th century bc ). The Phrygians, perhaps of Thracian origin, settled in northwestern Anatolia late in the 2nd millennium.
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Gordium was not only the seat of Phrygian power, it was the economic and strategic heart of the kingdom. Mid-twentieth century excavations at the archaeological site of Gordium have proved its importance, as its fortifications show that the Phrygians dedicated plenty of their resources to building one of the most fortified cities in the region ...
Historical Overview. Gordion is one of the most important sites of the ancient world. It is known primarily as the political and cultural capital of the Phrygians, a people who dominated much of central Anatolia during the early first millennium BCE. With its monumental Phrygian architecture, an extensive destruction level dating to around 800 ...
