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Amasya is a city in northern Turkey, in the Black Sea Region. It was called Amaseia or Amasia in antiquity. It is the seat of Amasya Province and Amasya District. Its population is 114,921. Amasya sta
A partial view of Amasya seen from Amasya Castle.
Amasya and Yeşilırmak River
Ancient Pontic tombs on the mountain
Ancient Pontic tombs at night
Kingdom of Pontus
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Pontus was a Hellenistic kingdom centered in the historical region of Pontus, in northern Anatolia, on the southern coast of the Black Sea. It was ruled by the Mithridatic dynasty of Persian origin, w
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…river. It has a long history as a wealthy provincial capital, producing kings and princes, artists, scientists, poets and thinkers, from the kings of Pontus, through Strabo the geographer, to many generations of the Ottoman imperial dynasty. With its Ottoman-period wooden houses and the tombs of the Pontus…
Coin of Pont Amisos
The Pontic Alps which divided the kingdom.
Bronze shield in the name of King Pharnakes: ΦΑΡΝΑΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Getty Villa (80.AC.60)