A Travel Story : Izmir - Unknown History of Smyrna

During the Iron Age, İzmir houses consisted of large and small one-room buildings. The oldest house left to face in the day BC 925 BC It is dated to 900. This well-preserved one-room house (2.45 x 4 m) was made of mud brick walls and damascus made of carpets. The old İzmir people visited the cities in BC. In the 850s they started to protect with a thick wall made of mud brick. From this date, it can be said that Old Izmir won a city state identity. It is possible that a city called 'Basileus' ruled the city. Those who carried out the immigration and the city elders formed the noble group. The population living in the city walls was about a thousand people. A large part of the people of the city state lived in the surrounding villages. These villages included the fields of Old Izmir, olive trees, vineyards, pottery and stone workshops in this age. Livelihood was provided by agriculture and fishing. The most important sacred structure of the city was the Temple of Athena. The earliest preserved remains of this temple are BC. It dates from 725 to 700 AD. The brilliant period of old Izmir It falls between 650-545 years. This period, which lasts for about a hundred years, constitutes the strongest period of all Ionian civilizations. In this period, we see that İzmir is not satisfied with agriculture and is a partner in Mediterranean trade. One of the important signs of the bright period in İzmir was BC. Since 650 the writing has become widespread. Many of the gifts presented to the goddess Athena have inscriptions. The Temple of Athena (640-580 BC) unearthed in excavations is the oldest architectural work of the Eastern Hellenic world. The oldest and most beautiful column headings have been found in İzmir so far. The streets and streets of Old Izmir were planned to be grilled in the second half of the 7th century, with streets and streets stretching from north to south and east to west, the houses were usually looking south. In the future BC This urban plan to take the name of the Hippodamos type in the 5th century was originally already known in the Near East. The flagship city plan is the earliest example of this kind of city doctrine in the Western world. The oldest paved road of Ion civilizations was brought to daylight in Old Izmir. The oldest civil architectural piece of the Hellenic world is the beautiful stone fountain that was built in Old Izmir in the first half of the 7th century. The Tantalos Tomb that once erected on Yamanlar Mountain is a beautiful representative of tholos shaped monumental tombs. This monumental work, called Tantalos grave name, Must be the tomb of Basileusun or Tirana, who held the administration in 520-580.