Carians
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Location of Caria within the classical regions of Asia Minor thumb|Carian soldier of the Achaemenid army . Tomb of [[Xerxes I.]] thumb|Ancient copy of the cult image of a local Hellenistic goddess as [[Aphrodite at Aphrodisias]] The Carians (; , Kares, plural of , Kar) were the ancient inhabitants of Caria in southwest Anatolia, who spoke the Carian language.
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- Category:Carian people
- language used
- Carian
- historical region
- Caria
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thumb|300px|Location of Caria within the classical regions of Asia Minor thumb|Carian soldier of the Achaemenid army . Tomb of [[Xerxes I.]] thumb|Ancient copy of the cult image of a local Hellenistic goddess as [[Aphrodite at Aphrodisias]] The Carians (; , Kares, plural of , Kar) were the ancient inhabitants of Caria in southwest Anatolia, who spoke the Carian language.
==Historical accounts== === Karkisa ===
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