![]() ![]() The region came under the control of the Lydians in the 7th century BC and under the control of the Persians in the 6th century BC. It is supposed that Kumkale was established in 4000 BC and Troy between 3500–3000 BC.Īeolian Greeks settled on the land in the 8th century BC and established trade colonies in the region called Aeolis. According to some excavations and research, the earliest settlements in the region were established at Kumtepe. ![]() ![]() However, very little is known about the identity and lifestyle of these early settlers. The first inhabitants of the area, which hosted many civilizations, lived on the Biga Peninsula in the Last Chalcolithic Age c. The ancient city of Troy and the ancient region of the Troad are inside Çanakkale Province. The Trojan horse that appeared in the 2004 film, now on display in Çanakkale. Legends Īncient Abydos, where the story of Hero and Leander takes place, is to the north of Çanakkale. The Greek-Byzantine name for Çanakkale was Dardanellia, from which the English name Dardanelles is derived.įrom around 1920, the British began to call Çanakkale Chanak and Kale Sultanie in their reporting. From the late 17th century it also became known for its fine-glazed pottery, Çanakkale ceramics, compared by one traveler to Delftware, hence the later name Çanak kalesi 'pot fortress'. Çanakkale was an Ottoman fortress called Kale-i Sultaniye ( Ottoman Turkish: قلعهٔ سلطانیه) or Sultaniye kalesi (Fortress of the Sultan). Çanakkale is the name for a site earlier known as Kale-i-Sultaniye, which was adopted as the official term for the town in 1890, though current a century earlier. ![]()
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