Persian King Xerxes' Dardanelles (Hellespont) Pontoon Bridge Crossing
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Persian King Xerxes' Dardanelles Pontoon Bridge Crossing (480 BCE) marks history's first floating intercontinental bridge connecting Asia and Europe with 674 linked warships between Sestos and Abydos.
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Historical event · MÖ 480 · Culture and memory · deniz-doga
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- Ionia & Aeolis