Gordium

Gordium: "dium is situated on the place where the ancient Royal road between Lydia and Assyria/Babylonia crosses the river Sangarus, which flows from central Anatolia to the Black Sea. Remains of the road are still visible. In the ninth century BCE, the city became the capital of the Phrygians, a Thracian tribe that had invaded and settled in Asia. They created a large kingdom, that occupied the greater part of Turkey west of the river Halys.


The kings of Phrygia built large tombs near Gordium. These wooden chambers were covered by artificial hills that are usually called tumu"