Kerkenes (Q1336601)

  • matcher place: Yozgat (relation 154450)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: Archaeological sites in Central Anatolia, Former populated places in Turkey, Geography of Yozgat Province, History of Yozgat Province, Phrygia
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Kerkenes (or Kerkenes Dağı; both names are modern) is the largest pre-Hellenistic site from the Anatolian Plateau (Turkey) – 7 km (4 mi) of strong stone defenses, pierced by seven gates, that enclose 2.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi). It is located about 200 km (120 mi) east from Ankara (35.06E, 39.75N), between the towns of Yozgat (W) and Sorgun (E).

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

Kerkenes is een pre-Hellenistische citadel in de Turkse provincie Yozgat die werd gebouwd in de 6e eeuw v.C.

Summary from Türkçe / Turkish Wikipedia (trwiki)

Kerkenes Dağı, Yozgat il merkezinin güneydoğusunda, Şahmuratlı köyünün 5 km batısında, Kapadokya Ovası'nın kuzey ucunda yer alan bir höyüktür. Anadolu platosunda MÖ 600 yılı dolaylarının en geniş yerleşimlerinden biri olarak bilinmektedir. Bir Demir Çağı başkenti olarak büyük olasılıkla Herodot'un yazmalarında belirtilen Pteria olmalıdır. Kent, MÖ 6. yüzyıl ortalarında yağmalanmış ve yakılmıştır. Yerleşmeyi çeviren 7 sur kapılı, toplam 7 km uzunluğundaki surları yıkılmıştır ve bu olaydan sonra kent bütünüyle terk edilmiştir. Kentin yıkımı MÖ 547 yılında Ahameniş İmparatorluğu Kralı Büyük Kiros ile Lidya Kralı Krezüs arasında yapılan Pteria Muharebesi'nin hemen ardından Kiros tarafından gerçekleştirilmiştir. Herodot'a göre kent halkı köle edilmiştir.

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Summary from Español / Spanish Wikipedia (eswiki)

Kerkenes (o Kerkenes Dag) es un sitio sitio arqueológico de Turquía, situado en la provincia turca de Yozgat, entre las ciudades de Yozgat y Sorgun, 200 km al este de Ankara (35.06E, 39.75N). Sus 2,5 kilómetros cuadrados lo hacen el mayor sitio pre-helenístico de la meseta de Anatolia.

Wikidata location: 39.7500, 35.0656 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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relation: Kerkenes (OSM), 0.63 km from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Kerkenes
tourism: attraction
website: http://kerkenes.metu.edu.tr/
historic: archaeological_site
old_name: Pteria;Zipallanda
wikidata: Q1336601
wikipedia: en:Kerkenes

wikidata match: Q1336601

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archaeological site (Q839954) historic=archaeological_site

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Archaeological sites in Central Anatolia historic=archaeological_site
Former populated places in Turkey landuse=residential, place, boundary=administrative, admin_level