In the Aeneid, Halys is a Trojan who defends Aeneas' camp from a Rutullian attack. Jump to: navigation, search The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BCE (between 29 and 19 BCE) that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy where he became the ancestor of the Romans. ... Jump to: navigation, search Walls of the excavated city of Troy (Turkey) This article is about the ancient city of Ilion as described in the works of Homer, and the location of an ancient city associated with it. ... Jump to: navigation, search Aeneas (or Aineias) was a Trojan hero, the son of prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite (Venus in Roman sources). ...

The Halys is the ancient Greek name for the longest river in Turkey, where it is known as Kızılırmak ("Red River"). The Hittites called it the Marassantiya River. Ancient Greek refers to the stage in the history of the Greek language corresponding to Classical Antiquity, which normally applies on two ancient periods of Greek history: Archaic and Classic Greece. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Murray River in Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Relief of Suppiluliuma II, last known king of the Hittite Empire Hittites is the conventional English-language term for an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language and established a kingdom centered in Hattusa (the modern village of BoÄŸazköy in north-central Turkey...

The Halys flows about 1 150 kilometers from the central Turkish plateau, first to the southwest, then to the north and northeast into the Black Sea. Although it is not used for navigation, it is a source of hydroelectric power. Its major tributary is the Delice Irmak, also known by its Greek name Cappadox. Jump to: navigation, search Map of the Black Sea. ... Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ...

In the ancient world it was the boundary between Asia Minor and the rest of Asia. As the site of the Battle of the Eclipse in 585 BC, it was the border between Lydia and Persia until Croesus of Lydia crossed it to attack Cyrus the Great in 547 BC; he was defeated (see Battle of Halys) and Persia expanded to the Aegean Sea. Anatolia (Greek: ανατολη anatole, rising of the sun or East; compare Orient and Levant, by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana mother and dolu filled), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of Turkey. ... Jump to: navigation, search World map showing Asia (geographically) Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia and worlds largest continent. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Battle of Halys took place between the Medes and the Lydians in 585 BC. The Lydians were commanded by their king Alyattes II and the Medes by their king Cyaxares. ... Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 620s BC - 610s BC - 600s BC - 590s BC - 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC Events and Trends 589 BC - Apries succeeds Psammetichus II as king of Egypt 588 BC _ Nebuchadnezzar II of... Jump to: navigation, search Lydia (disambiguation) Lydia is a historic region of western Anatolia, congruent with Turkeys modern provinces of Ä°zmir and Manisa. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... Croesus (the Latin transliteration of the Greek Kροισος, in Persian قارون Qârun), who was legendary for his enormous wealth, was king of Lydia from 560 BC until his defeat by the Persians in about 547 BC. He was the son of Alyattes and continued his fathers policy of conquering... Jump to: navigation, search Cyrus the Great Cyrus II of Persia, widely known as Cyrus the Great or Cyrus the Elder, (ca. ... Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 590s BC - 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC Events and Trends 548 BC -- Croesus, Lydian king, defeated by Cyrus. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Battle of Halys took place between the Medes and the Lydians in 585 BC. The Lydians were commanded by their king Alyattes II and the Medes by their king Cyaxares. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Aegean Sea. ...