Western Anatolia Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
About Western Anatolia
The Anatolian plateau is a steppe at about 800 m elevation, lacking trees but reasonably well-watered and fertile, and straightforward to traverse. Around its west edge is rugged terrain descending to the Aegean and Marmara coasts, with forested slopes. Several large towns stand near that edge. The oldest major civilisation of this area is Phrygia, appearing around 1200 BC and assimilated by the Byzantines in the 7th century AD. From the Phrygians come the legends of the Gordian Knot and King Midas with his Golden Touch. Their artefacts are seen in museums but their cities are lost beneath later structures. Azanoi is a good example, where what you go to see is of Roman construction. The region is often roiled by earthquakes so the towns are modern rebuildings, but the old mosques and other
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