
Caria (Greek Καρία, καρες/καρικοι ''kares/karikoi''") was a region of Asia Minor, situated south of Ionia, and west of Phrygia and Lycia. Their name appears in a number of contemporary languages: Babylonian ''karsa'', Elamite and Old Persian ''kurka''. The Classical Greeks claimed that Caria was originally colonised by Ionian Greeks, but Homer knew that their claim to be indigenous was correct, and recorded that they were allied with Troy. Modern linguistics very tentatively suggest that the Carian language belongs to the Anatolian languages subfamily of the Indo-European languages, related to indigenous archaic languages spoken in Lycia and Lydia. The inference is that, if the Carians had arrived in their country from the Ionian coast, their language would have been closer to Greek. About 545 BC independent Caria was incorporated into the Persian Achaemenid empire as the satrapy of Karka. It was originally called Phoenicia, because a Phoenician colony settled there in early times. Afterwards it is said to have received the name of Caria from Car (disambiguation), one of their early kings. The most important town was Halicarnassus, where its sovereigns reigned. Other major towns were Heraclea, Antioch, Pisidia, Myndus, Denizli and Alabanda. Halicarnassus was the location of the famed Mausoleum of Maussollos, one of the Seven Wonders of the World and from which the Romans named any grand tomb a ''mausoleum.'' A group of mercenaries called Carians appear in inscriptions found in Ancient Egypt and Nubia during the reigns of Psammetichus I and Psammetichus II, as well as clearly mentioned at Books of Kings 11:4, and possibly at Books of Samuel 8:18, 15:18 and 20:23. This region was conquered by Alexander the Great in 334 BC. John Lemprière notes that "As Caria probably abounded in figs, a particular sort has been called Carica, and the words ''In Care periculum facere'', having been proverbially used to signify the encountering of danger in the pursuit of a thing of trifling value." ==See also== *Aphrodisias *Melankomas of Caria, an ancient Olympic boxer ==External link== *[http://www.livius.org/cao-caz/caria/caria.html History and culture of ancient Caria] Ancient Roman provinces
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Caria
Caria (Greek Καρία, καρες/καρικοι ''kares/karikoi''") was a region of Asia Minor, situated south of Ionia, and west of Phrygia and Lycia. Their name appears in a number of contemporary languages: Babylonian ''karsa'', Elamite and Old Persian ''kurka''. The Classical Greeks claimed that Caria was originally colonised by Ionian Greeks, but Homer knew that their claim to be indigenous was correct, and recorded that they were allied with Troy. Modern linguistics very tentatively suggest that the Carian language belongs to the Anatolian languages subfamily of the Indo-European languages, related to indigenous archaic languages spoken in Lycia and Lydia. The inference is that, if the Carians had arrived in their country from the Ionian coast, their language would have been closer to Greek. About 545 BC independent Caria was incorporated into the Persian Achaemenid empire as the satrapy of Karka. It was originally called Phoenicia, because a Phoenician colony settled there in early times. Afterwards it is said to have received the name of Caria from Car (disambiguation), one of their early kings. The most important town was Halicarnassus, where its sovereigns reigned. Other major towns were Heraclea, Antioch, Pisidia, Myndus, Denizli and Alabanda. Halicarnassus was the location of the famed Mausoleum of Maussollos, one of the Seven Wonders of the World and from which the Romans named any grand tomb a ''mausoleum.'' A group of mercenaries called Carians appear in inscriptions found in Ancient Egypt and Nubia during the reigns of Psammetichus I and Psammetichus II, as well as clearly mentioned at Books of Kings 11:4, and possibly at Books of Samuel 8:18, 15:18 and 20:23. This region was conquered by Alexander the Great in 334 BC. John Lemprière notes that "As Caria probably abounded in figs, a particular sort has been called Carica, and the words ''In Care periculum facere'', having been proverbially used to signify the encountering of danger in the pursuit of a thing of trifling value." ==See also== *Aphrodisias *Melankomas of Caria, an ancient Olympic boxer ==External link== *[http://www.livius.org/cao-caz/caria/caria.html History and culture of ancient Caria] Ancient Roman provinces
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CA | CB | CD | CE | CF | CG | CH | CI | CJ | CK | CL | CM | CN | CO | CP | CR | CS | CT | CU | CW | CX | CY | CZ |Words begining with Caria:
Caria
Cariacica
Cariamidae
Carians
Caria_(disambiguation)
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