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Jul 18, 2019 · Tarsus was a city in ancient Cilicia located in the modern-day province of Mersin, Turkey. It is one of the oldest continually inhabited urban centers in the world, dating back to the Neolithic Period. It was built close by the Cydnus River (modern-day Berdan River) and was an important trade center for most of its history.
- Joshua J. Mark
Timeline. c. 2500 BCE. Tarsus most likely develops from a trade center of the Hatti . 2334 BCE - 2083 BCE. Tarsus known as Tarsisi in the time of the Akkadian Empire . 1700 BCE - 1200 BCE. Tarsus known as Tarsa under the Hittites . c. 1276 BCE - 1178 BCE. Tarsus sacked by the Sea Peoples . c. 700 BCE - 612 BCE.
- Joshua J. Mark
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Tarsus forms an administrative district in the eastern part of Mersin Province and lies at the heart of the Çukurova region. With a history going back over 6,000 years, Tarsus has long been an important stop for traders and a focal point of many civilisations. During the Roman Empire, it was the capital of the province of Cilicia.
The Tarsus Museum, which opened in 1971, is located nearby in the Kubat Paşa Medresesi, built during the 16th century. The museum contains both an archaeological section and an ethnographical section.
1 This paper follows a lecture given at The Roman Archaeology Conference XIII at Edinburgh on April 1 ; 1 From the Bronze Age to Greco-Roman antiquity, Tarsus was an important urban center because of its proximity to the famous Cilician Gates that connected central Anatolia to the Mediterranean coast and northern Syria, as well its maritime connections to the eastern Mediterranean through its ...
- Isabelle Hasselin Rous, Serdar Yalçin
- 2018
After the death of the Macedonian conqueror, Tarsus became part of the Seleucid Empire under the new name of Antioch on the Cydnus. Becoming hellenized, Tarsus started to claim that it had been founded by Perseus. note [Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 14.8.3 .]
