Northern Aegean
From Troas to the Aeolian coast
A country of wind, olives and passes. The layers of Troy, the shadow of Mount Ida and the coast of Aeolian cities meet here.
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Regional stories
Table and production narratives
- The 1923 Population Exchange and Transformation of Ayvalık-Cunda Olive Industry
- Judgment of Paris: World's First Beauty Contest on Mount Ida (1200 BCE)
- Naval Battle of Arginusae at Kalem and Garip Islands (406 BCE)
- From Ayvalık Küçükköy Yenihori to Hacıaslanlar Yörük Village and Alaçam Mountains: Sarımsak Stone Studios, Kazdağı Ethnography, and 1,600m Timber Houses
- Transformation of Ayvalık Küçükköy (Yenihori) into a Smart Art Village (2015)
- From Balıkesir Cyzicus Eudoxus Navigation to İzmir Smyrna Quintus Epic and Colophon Hermesianax Elegiacs: Indian Ocean Navigation, Trojan War Epic, and Elegiac Love Poetry
- From Bolayır Tomb to Bozcaada Castle and Gökçeada Dereköy: Conqueror of Rumelia Gazi Süleyman Pasha, Tenedos Moated Walls, and 1,950 Stone Houses
- From Domatia Greek Stone Houses to Karina Pier and Thebae Walls: Mount Mykale Mansions, Lagoon Fisheries, and Hellenistik Fortresses
- Olives in the Edremit Gulf: Work from Harvest to Table across Three Districts
- From the Edremit Gulf to the Dikili Islands: Adramytteion, the Gömeç Olive Plain, and Kalem Island
- Population Exchange of Eski Doğanbey (Domatia) and Trade at Karina Customs Pier (1923 CE)
- Gazi Süleyman Pasha's Crossing of Dardanelles to Rumelia and Conquest of Bolayır (1354)
- From Havran Koca Seyit Village to Marmara Island Marble Quarries and Manyas Bird Sanctuary: 275 kg Victory Shell, Proconnesian Quarries, and 266 Bird Species
- From Mount Ida to Güre Thermal and Papazlık Mansions: Ida Mythology, Roman Baths, and Stone Houses
- From Muğla Bodrum Scylax Explorations to Balıkesir Xenocles Oratory and Aydın Nysa Strabo Geography: Maritime Exploration, Roman Oratory, and World Geography
- From Parion Odeon to Priapos Wine Harbor and Kemer Aqueducts: Colony City, Vineyard Port, and Roman Aqueducts
- From the Pentekonters of Phokaia to Çandarlı Castle: Eski Foça, Kyme, and Aeolian Sea Routes
- Phokaians' Mediterranean Colonization via 50-Oared Pentekonters (600 BCE)
- Construction of the Roman Parion Odeon and 15-km Aqueduct (150 CE)
- From Smintheion Apollo to Hadımoğlu Mansion and Skepsis Manuscripts: Iliad Friezes, 1795 Carved Ceiling, and Aristotle's Vault
- Harbors of Troas and Forests of Mount Ida: North Aegean Networks from the Dardanelles to Kapıdağ
- From Yağcıbedir Carpets to Hisarköy Roman Springs and Dursunbey Cave Waters: Wool Knots, 98°C Baths, and Cave Springs
- Settlement of Yağcıbedir Yörüks in Sındırgı Region and Birth of Natural Dye Carpet Weaving (1700 CE)
- Scent of Olives and Exchange Memory: Ayvalık Stone Oil Mills, Cunda Streets, and Roots of Antandros
Culture and memory narratives
- The 1923 Population Exchange and Transformation of Ayvalık-Cunda Olive Industry
- The Port of Alexandria Troas and Saint Paul's Passage to Macedonia
- Hiding of Aristotle's and Theophrastus's Manuscripts in Skepsis Underground Vault (200 BCE)
- From Ayvalık Küçükköy Yenihori to Hacıaslanlar Yörük Village and Alaçam Mountains: Sarımsak Stone Studios, Kazdağı Ethnography, and 1,600m Timber Houses
- Transformation of Ayvalık Küçükköy (Yenihori) into a Smart Art Village (2015)
- Saint Paul's Encounter with Lydia of Thyateira the Purple Cloth Merchant (50 CE)
- From Balıkesir Cyzicus Eudoxus Navigation to İzmir Smyrna Quintus Epic and Colophon Hermesianax Elegiacs: Indian Ocean Navigation, Trojan War Epic, and Elegiac Love Poetry
- Pergamon and Aizanoi: a Hellenistic Inner Aegean threshold
- From Bolayır Tomb to Bozcaada Castle and Gökçeada Dereköy: Conqueror of Rumelia Gazi Süleyman Pasha, Tenedos Moated Walls, and 1,950 Stone Houses
- From Domatia Greek Stone Houses to Karina Pier and Thebae Walls: Mount Mykale Mansions, Lagoon Fisheries, and Hellenistik Fortresses
- Olives in the Edremit Gulf: Work from Harvest to Table across Three Districts
- From the Edremit Gulf to the Dikili Islands: Adramytteion, the Gömeç Olive Plain, and Kalem Island
- Population Exchange of Eski Doğanbey (Domatia) and Trade at Karina Customs Pier (1923 CE)
- Gazi Süleyman Pasha's Crossing of Dardanelles to Rumelia and Conquest of Bolayır (1354)
- From Granicus Battlefield to Lampsakos Philosophy and Agonya Forests: Alexander's Victory, Anaxagoras' Exile, and Mount Ida Timber Houses
- From Havran Koca Seyit Village to Marmara Island Marble Quarries and Manyas Bird Sanctuary: 275 kg Victory Shell, Proconnesian Quarries, and 266 Bird Species
- From the Hellespont Strait to the Fortresses and Ewers of Çanakkale: Sestos, Kilitbahir, and Pottery Craft
- From Mount Ida to Güre Thermal and Papazlık Mansions: Ida Mythology, Roman Baths, and Stone Houses
- Naval Expedition of the Indus River and Red Sea by Admiral Scylax of Caryanda and Writing of Periplus (515 BC)
- From Muğla Bodrum Scylax Explorations to Balıkesir Xenocles Oratory and Aydın Nysa Strabo Geography: Maritime Exploration, Roman Oratory, and World Geography
- Pergamon, Halicarnassus, Miletus: paths of knowledge
- Persian King Xerxes' Dardanelles (Hellespont) Pontoon Bridge Crossing (480 BCE)
- Phokaians' Mediterranean Colonization via 50-Oared Pentekonters (600 BCE)
- Export of Proconnesian Marble and Sarcophagi to Roman and Byzantine Capitals (500 BCE)
- From Smintheion Apollo to Hadımoğlu Mansion and Skepsis Manuscripts: Iliad Friezes, 1795 Carved Ceiling, and Aristotle's Vault
- Composition of the 14-Book Trojan War Epic Posthomerica by Quintus of Smyrna (350 AD)
- Stone above, water below: Aristotle's brief stay at Assos
- From Tenedos to Bozcaada: visible shore, hidden fleet, present crossing
- From Thyateira Purple Cloth to Demirci Carpets and Darkale Stone Houses: Seven Churches, Wool Rugs, and Tarhala Cliff Houses
- From Yağcıbedir Carpets to Hisarköy Roman Springs and Dursunbey Cave Waters: Wool Knots, 98°C Baths, and Cave Springs
- Settlement of Yağcıbedir Yörüks in Sındırgı Region and Birth of Natural Dye Carpet Weaving (1700 CE)
- Scent of Olives and Exchange Memory: Ayvalık Stone Oil Mills, Cunda Streets, and Roots of Antandros
Story and event archive
- The 1923 Population Exchange and Transformation of Ayvalık-Cunda Olive Industry
- The Port of Alexandria Troas and Saint Paul's Passage to Macedonia
- Judgment of Paris: World's First Beauty Contest on Mount Ida (1200 BCE)
- Naval Battle of Arginusae at Kalem and Garip Islands (406 BCE)
- Hiding of Aristotle's and Theophrastus's Manuscripts in Skepsis Underground Vault (200 BCE)
- From Ayvalık Küçükköy Yenihori to Hacıaslanlar Yörük Village and Alaçam Mountains: Sarımsak Stone Studios, Kazdağı Ethnography, and 1,600m Timber Houses
- Transformation of Ayvalık Küçükköy (Yenihori) into a Smart Art Village (2015)
- Saint Paul's Encounter with Lydia of Thyateira the Purple Cloth Merchant (50 CE)
- From Balıkesir Cyzicus Eudoxus Navigation to İzmir Smyrna Quintus Epic and Colophon Hermesianax Elegiacs: Indian Ocean Navigation, Trojan War Epic, and Elegiac Love Poetry
- Pergamon and Aizanoi: a Hellenistic Inner Aegean threshold
- From Bolayır Tomb to Bozcaada Castle and Gökçeada Dereköy: Conqueror of Rumelia Gazi Süleyman Pasha, Tenedos Moated Walls, and 1,950 Stone Houses
- Alexander the Great's Victory at the Granicus River (334 BCE)
- From Domatia Greek Stone Houses to Karina Pier and Thebae Walls: Mount Mykale Mansions, Lagoon Fisheries, and Hellenistik Fortresses
- Olives in the Edremit Gulf: Work from Harvest to Table across Three Districts
- From the Edremit Gulf to the Dikili Islands: Adramytteion, the Gömeç Olive Plain, and Kalem Island
- Population Exchange of Eski Doğanbey (Domatia) and Trade at Karina Customs Pier (1923 CE)
- Gazi Süleyman Pasha's Crossing of Dardanelles to Rumelia and Conquest of Bolayır (1354)
- From Granicus Battlefield to Lampsakos Philosophy and Agonya Forests: Alexander's Victory, Anaxagoras' Exile, and Mount Ida Timber Houses
- From Havran Koca Seyit Village to Marmara Island Marble Quarries and Manyas Bird Sanctuary: 275 kg Victory Shell, Proconnesian Quarries, and 266 Bird Species
- From the Hellespont Strait to the Fortresses and Ewers of Çanakkale: Sestos, Kilitbahir, and Pottery Craft
- From Mount Ida to Güre Thermal and Papazlık Mansions: Ida Mythology, Roman Baths, and Stone Houses
- Naval Expedition of the Indus River and Red Sea by Admiral Scylax of Caryanda and Writing of Periplus (515 BC)
- From Muğla Bodrum Scylax Explorations to Balıkesir Xenocles Oratory and Aydın Nysa Strabo Geography: Maritime Exploration, Roman Oratory, and World Geography
- From Parion Odeon to Priapos Wine Harbor and Kemer Aqueducts: Colony City, Vineyard Port, and Roman Aqueducts
- Pergamon, Halicarnassus, Miletus: paths of knowledge
- Persian King Xerxes' Dardanelles (Hellespont) Pontoon Bridge Crossing (480 BCE)
- From the Pentekonters of Phokaia to Çandarlı Castle: Eski Foça, Kyme, and Aeolian Sea Routes
- Phokaians' Mediterranean Colonization via 50-Oared Pentekonters (600 BCE)
- Export of Proconnesian Marble and Sarcophagi to Roman and Byzantine Capitals (500 BCE)
- Construction of the Roman Parion Odeon and 15-km Aqueduct (150 CE)
- From Smintheion Apollo to Hadımoğlu Mansion and Skepsis Manuscripts: Iliad Friezes, 1795 Carved Ceiling, and Aristotle's Vault
- Composition of the 14-Book Trojan War Epic Posthomerica by Quintus of Smyrna (350 AD)
- Stone above, water below: Aristotle's brief stay at Assos
- From Tenedos to Bozcaada: visible shore, hidden fleet, present crossing
- From Thyateira Purple Cloth to Demirci Carpets and Darkale Stone Houses: Seven Churches, Wool Rugs, and Tarhala Cliff Houses
- Harbors of Troas and Forests of Mount Ida: North Aegean Networks from the Dardanelles to Kapıdağ
- From Yağcıbedir Carpets to Hisarköy Roman Springs and Dursunbey Cave Waters: Wool Knots, 98°C Baths, and Cave Springs
- Settlement of Yağcıbedir Yörüks in Sındırgı Region and Birth of Natural Dye Carpet Weaving (1700 CE)
- Scent of Olives and Exchange Memory: Ayvalık Stone Oil Mills, Cunda Streets, and Roots of Antandros
Frequently asked questions
How is Northern Aegean defined in this guide?
A country of wind, olives and passes. The layers of Troy, the shadow of Mount Ida and the coast of Aeolian cities meet here.
Where should I begin exploring Northern Aegean?
You can start with stops such as Troya, Assos, Kaz Dağları, then continue through regional stories and place dossiers from the same period.