The Carians (/ ˈkɛəriənz /; Ancient Greek: Κᾶρες, Kares, plural of Κάρ, Kar[2]) were the ancient inhabitants of Caria in southwest Anatolia, who spoke the Carian language. It is not clear when the Carians enter into history.

The region corresponding to ancient Caria was captured by the Turks under the Menteşe Dynasty in the early 13th century. There are only indirect clues regarding the population structure under the Menteşe and the parts played in it by Turkish migration from …

Caria, ancient district of southwestern Anatolia. One of the most thoroughly Hellenized districts, its territory included Greek cities along its Aegean shore and a mountainous interior bounded by Lydia in the north and by Phrygia and Lycia in the east.

Dec 22, 2023 · The Carians were one of the indigenous peoples of the Aegean region and are believed to have originated in the Bronze Age (3300–1200 BC). Their civilisation flourished during the first millennium BC when they established a series of city-states and settlements along the south-western coast of Anatolia, the main centres being Halicarnassus ...

Jan 25, 2019 · Here are 10 hidden ancient sites to explore in Caria. Aphrodisias. The beautiful ancient Greek city of Aphrodisias, still partly excavated, is one of the most important archaeological sites of the late Hellenistic and Roman period in Turkey. The city was located in inland Caria on a plateau 600 meters above sea level.

The Carians, from the hinterland of Miletus and Halicarnassus, enter history as mercenaries in the service of the Egyptian king Psamtik, along with their Ionian neighbours, in the 7th century bce. Of the Lycians, to the east of Caria, nothing definite is known before the 6th…

The Carians (/ ˈkɛəriənz /; Ancient Greek: Κᾶρες, Kares, plural of Κάρ, Kar) were the ancient inhabitants of Caria in southwest Anatolia, who spoke the Carian language. Carian soldier of the Achaemenid army c. 480 BC. Tomb of Xerxes I. It is not clear when the Carians enter into history.

The Carians were an ancient people who inhabited the southwestern region of Asia Minor, particularly the area corresponding to modern-day Turkey. They played a significant role in the history and culture of the Aegean and Near Eastern worlds.

Caria is one of those regions whose origins are unsure with conflicting evidence and ancient commentaries giving no definitive answer. Herodotus (484-425 BC) tells us that the Carians had close ties with the Greek islands, subjects of King Minos of Crete, that they were great seafarers and fighters who manned the Minoan fleets.

As the Carians were often used as mercenaries, the proverb arose en Kari kinduneuein, equivalent to the familiar Latin experimentum facere in corpore vili. Cf. the scholiast on Plato, Laches, 187 B; and Polyb. x. 32, 11. The country was said to have got its name from Car (Kar), the brother of Mysus and Lydus ( Herod.i. 171). (Harpers Dictionary ...