#turkey

#turkey

The Oldest Cities in the World Humanity has been living on this planet for thousands of years ago. As time progressed, so did the living beings on Earth. From small communities, they’ve done their best to innovate and create bigger and better cities.From being hunter-gatherers to farmers and to the variety of jobs and occupations we have today, we can truly say that humanity has done its best to thrive. What’s interesting is to learn how all of this played out. From the very beginning, the oldest beginnings of cities started near fertile farmland and rivers that provided water, both for irrigation for farm fields and as a means of transporting the crops they produced to other markets. A common example of an ancient city was located in Mesopotamia, which lay in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Due to advancements in navigation and transportation, eventually, other cities were able to rise away from bodies of water. Howstuffworks compiles a list of the oldest inhabitable cities in the world and some details on how they were founded. While it’s difficult to determine the precise time period when a small village became a city, our best bet is to look at these ten cities that have been recognized as the oldest in the world: 1. Damascus, Syria2. Jericho, West Bank, Palestine3. Faiyum, Egypt4. Beirut, Lebanon5. Byblos, Lebanon6. Aleppo, Syria7. Athens, Greece8. Plovdiv, Bulgaria9. Gaziantep, Turkey10. Susa/Shush, IranLearn more about these cities here. Image credit: David McEachan#history #Howstuffworks #Egypt #Syria #Palestine #Lebanon #Greece #Bulgaria #Turkey #Iran

Garbage Collectors in Turkey Opened a Library Stocked with Books Salvaged from the TrashIn Ankara, Turkey, garbage collectors have built a public library with books that were thrown out by locals and destined to end up in landfills.When sanitation workers in Ankara began to collect discarded books, they decided to build a library with their finds. First, the garbage collectors gathered discarded books for months, but as news of their effort spread, the city's residents began giving books directly to them.

Sourdough Bread Loaf That Looks Like a TurkeyRedditor mazekeen has a great idea for Thanksgiving, but I’m not sure if it increases or decreases the actual workload of preparing a turkey. Their sourdough bread recipe uses a combination of bread, wheat, and rye four. The dough rises for four hours, then one hour, then an hour and a half, and then a final hour. That’s probably necessary due to the complex shaping necessary to get the turkey look perfectly, even after baking. That baking requires a three-stage process at two different temperatures.Perhaps, due to the complexity of the task, it’s as difficult to prepare as the traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner.#sourdough #baking #bread #turkeyImage: u/mazekeen19

Entrance Gate to Zeus Temple Discovered in TurkeyAn entrance gate to a Zeus Temple has been discovered in Turkey thanks to excavations made in the ancient city of Magnesia. The temple, officially called the Temple of Magnesia Zeus, is one of the many religious sanctuaries found in the ancient city.In addition to the Zeus Temple, the Artemis sanctuary, stadium, and theater area were previously unearthed by archaeologists. Following the discoveries of religious places and artifacts in the city, experts said that Magnesia was a leading city in ancient times where religious festivals were held in temples and sanctuaries. With the discovery of the entrance gate, archaeologists stated that their goal is to reveal the entire temple by continuing excavations until the end of the year.Image credit: via the Hürriyet Daily News; Torsten62 /CC BY-SA 4.0#Archeology #ZeusTemple #Magnesia #Turkey #Excavations #AncientTemples

Guardian Angel Saved Man's Life by Tapping Him on the Shoulder ... Then VanishedThis spooky CCTV footage from 2019 showed a remarkable instance where a stranger walked past Serdar Binici'yi, tapped him on the shoulder, and saved him from being smashed by a passing truck's gate.Had the stranger not warned Serdar about the coming truck, the errant gate would have surely struck him in the head, causing serious or even fatal injuries.But before Serdar, a shopkeeper from Turkey, could thank him, the mysterious stranger had already disappeared into the night!#guardianangel #truck #cctv #TurkeyView the full video clip: