Kızılırmak River
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The Kızılırmak, historically known as the Halys River, is the longest river flowing entirely within Turkey. It is a source of hydroelectric power and is not used for navigation.
Kızılırmak in Samsun
Thales of Miletus
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Thales of Miletus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Miletus in Ionia, Asia Minor. Thales was one of the Seven Sages, founding figures of Ancient Greece.
Kızılırmak River
…not widely available. The Hittites called the river the Maraššantiya, and it formed the western boundary of Hatti, the core land of the Hittite empire. Thales of Miletus is said to have used early engineering techniques to allow the Lydian army to cross the river. Until the Roman conquest of Anatolia the Halys River…
Arte romana, testa di talete di mileto, II sec
The Ionic Stoa on the Sacred Way in Miletus.
Thales may have been educated in Egypt.
Thales depicted at the Baths of the Seven Sages.