Port Cities of the Black Sea - Black Sea Port Cities and Towns in Turkey, Trabzon, Samsun, Zonguldak, Akaabat, Rize, Giresun, Fatsa, Amasra (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Black Sea Port Cities and Towns in Turkey, Trabzon, Samsun, Zonguldak, Akaabat, Rize, Giresun, Fatsa, Amasra, Sinop, Turkey, Hopa, Ordu, Arde?en, Grele, Tirebolu, Bart?n, nye, Be?ikdz, ayeli, Akakoca, Gerze, Turkey, Karadeniz Ere?li, Vakf?kebir. Excerpt: Trabzon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Originally, it was founded as Trapezus () by Greek traders from Miletus (traditionally in 756 Be. The city was one of a number (about ten) of Milesian emporia, or trading colonies along the shores of the Black Sea. Others include Sinope, Abydos and Cyzicus (in the Dardanelles). Like most Greek colonies, the city was a small enclave of Greek life, and not an empire unto its own, in the later European sense of the word. Early banking (money-changing) activity is suggested occurring in the city according to a silver drachm coin from Trapezus in the British Museum, London. Trebizond's trade partners included the Mossynoeci. When Xenophon and the Ten Thousand mercenaries were fighting their way out of Persia, the first Greek city they reached was Trebizond (Xenophon, Anabasis, 5.5.10). The city and the local Mossynoeci had become estranged from the Mossynoecian capital, to the point of civil war. Xenophon's force resolved this in the rebels' favor, and so in Trebizond's interest. A silver Trapezus coin from the 4th century BCThe city was added to the kingdom of Pontus by Mithridates VI Eupator and it became home port for the Pontic fleet. Walls of TrabzonWhen the kingdom was annexed to the Roman province of Galatia in 6465, the fleet passed to new commanders, becoming the Classis Pontica. Trebizond gained importance under Roman rule in the 1st century for its access to road leading over the Zigana Pass to the Armenian frontier or the upper Euphrat... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=62653