İzmir & the Peninsula: Herbs, bakery, vine
Herb cooking, bakery culture, olive oil and vines bring together the different production environments of İzmir and the Peninsula's table.
21 narratives and 27 place records connect to this discovery world through thematic and geographic relationships.
Four gateways into this world
- Produce and geography — The natural settings of olives, grapes, figs, grain, herbs, fish and dairy.
- Production and labour — Knowledge accumulated in vineyard, mill, bakery, dairy, market and home kitchen.
- Season and harvest — When, where and through which rhythm a product reaches the table.
- Migration and table memory — Traces left by moving communities in recipes, techniques and table habits.
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Story and event network
- Opening of Anatolia's First Railway Line and Çamlık Aziziye Station (1856 CE)
- Naval Battle of Arginusae at Kalem and Garip Islands (406 BCE)
- From Balıkesir Cyzicus Eudoxus Navigation to İzmir Smyrna Quintus Epic and Colophon Hermesianax Elegiacs: Indian Ocean Navigation, Trojan War Epic, and Elegiac Love Poetry
- Construction of the Çakırağa Mansion and Decorative Frescoes at Birgi (1761)
- Progradation of the Büyük Menderes Delta and Silting of the Latmic Gulf (6th c. BCE — 6th c. CE)
- From Çamlık Steam Locomotives to Şirince Stone Houses and Virgin Mary House: 1856 Industrial Heritage, Greek Stone Houses, and Bülbüldağı Shrine
- From the Edremit Gulf to the Dikili Islands: Adramytteion, the Gömeç Olive Plain, and Kalem Island
- From Erythrai Athena Temple to Bademler Village Theater and Özbek Stone Pier: Sea Theaters, Village Stages, and Stone Piers
- Olives, Wine, and Prophecies of Ionia: The İzmir Peninsula from Klazomenai to Teos and Klaros
- From İzmir Epicurus' Teos Garden to Nysa Aristodemus Library and Miletus Hecataeus Map: Epicureanism, Roman Rhetoric, and World's First Map
- From İzmir Colophon Mimnermus Poetry to Teos Nausiphanes Philosophy and Knidos Chrysippus Medicine: Lyrical Poetry, Atomist Philosophy, and Experimental Dietetics
- Klazomenai Archaic Olive Oil Press and Industrial Production Revolution (6th c. BCE)
- Lydian Gold and the Royal Road: Sardis Coinage, Bin Tepe Pyramids, and Kula Volcanoes
- Meanders of the Maeander: Landlocked Cities from the Latmic Gulf to Lake Bafa
- From Metropolis Council to Belevi Mausoleum and Torbalı Aqueducts: Mother Goddess City, Royal Tombs, and Roman Aqueducts
- Freedom Battle of the Aegean on Mount Mycale: The Fall of the Persian Fleet and the Revival of Panionion
- From the Pentekonters of Phokaia to Çandarlı Castle: Eski Foça, Kyme, and Aeolian Sea Routes
- Phokaians' Mediterranean Colonization via 50-Oared Pentekonters (600 BCE)
- Education of Epicurus by Nausiphanes of Teos and Establishment of Tean Atomist Philosophy (320 BC)
- Establishment of Turkey's First Village Theater at Bademler (1932 CE)
- From Ulamış Mills to Birgivi Madrasa and Dağkızılca Aqueducts: Karakılçık Wheat, 1563 Ottoman Center, and Nif Mountain Bridges
Connected cultural inventory
- Belevi Hellenistic Royal Mausoleum Monument
- Historic Town of Birgi and Çakırağa Mansion
- Çandarlı Castle, Ancient Pitane, and Çandarlı
- Dikili Bademli, Kalem Island, and Ancient City of Kane
- Ancient City of Erythrai and Ildırı Theater
- Klaros Sanctuary of Apollo Clarios
- Ancient City of Klazomenai and Urla İskele
- Colophon Ancient City Birthplace of Elegiac Poet Hermesianax and Leontion Acropolis
- Colophon Ancient City Birthplace of Elegiac Poet Mimnermus and Ionian Acropolis
- Ancient City of Kyme and Nemrut Bay
- Ancient City of Metropolis and Marble Bouleuterion
- Metropolis Ancient Aqueducts and Cisterns
- Ödemiş Birgi İmam-ı Birgivi Madrasa and Graveyard
- Ödemiş Lake Gölcük and Bozdağlar Plateau
- Ancient City of Phokaia and Eski Foça
- Seferihisar Ulamış Village and Historic Karakılçık Wheat Stone Mills
- Selçuk Mount Bülbüldağı House of the Virgin Mary (Panaya Kapulu)
- Selçuk Çamlık Open-Air Steam Locomotive Museum
- Selçuk Şirince Village Greek Stone Houses and Wine Cellars
- Smyrna Ancient City Birthplace of Epic Poet Quintus and Posthomerica Assembly
- Teos Ancient City Birthplace of Philosopher Nausiphanes and Tean Atomist Garden
- Ancient City of Teos and Sığacık
- Teos and Samos Lands Birthplace of Epicurus and Garden School
- Tire Yalınayak Bathhouse and Historic Bazaar Guilds
- Torbalı Dağkızılca Village Nif Mountain Aqueducts and Stone Arch Bridge
- Urla Bademler Village Turkey's First Village Theater
- Urla Özbek Village Historic Stone Pier and Olive Mills