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Caria
Sign in to saveCaria (; from Greek: Καρία, Karia; ) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Carians were described by Herodotus as being Anatolian mainlanders and they called themselves Caria because of the name of their king. He reports the Carians themselves maintained that they were Anatolian mainlanders intensely engaged in seafaring and were akin to the Mysians and the Lydians. The Carians spoke Carian, a native Anatolian language closely related to Luwian. Also closely associated with the Carians were the Leleges, which
Caria was an ancient region along the western coast of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) whose inhabitants, the Carians, were seafaring people who spoke their own Anatolian language and maintained cultural ties to neighboring groups like the Mysians and Lydians. The region matters historically because it represents an important part of ancient Anatolia's diverse populations and their maritime connections in the Mediterranean world.
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- Country
- Turkey
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- located in/on physical feature
- Asia Minor
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18 sectionsContents
- Municipalities of Caria
- Coastal Caria
- Inland Caria
- History
- Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Greek settlement
- Lydian province
- Persian satrapy
- Hellenistic period
- Roman-Byzantine province
- Dissolution under the Byzantine Empire and passage to Turkish rule
- Archaeology
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Caria (; from Greek: Καρία, Karia; ) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Carians were described by Herodotus as being Anatolian mainlanders and they called themselves Caria because of the name of their king. He reports the Carians themselves maintained that they were Anatolian mainlanders intensely engaged in seafaring and were akin to the Mysians and the Lydians. The Carians spoke Carian, a native Anatolian language closely related to Luwian. Also closely associated with the Carians were the Leleges, which could be an earlier name for Carians.
== Municipalities of Caria ==
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