Inner gate of the citadel of Sam'al/Zincirli in Turkey (reconstruction), 10-8th centuries BC. The city state at Sam‘al existed as an independent city state…
Sam'al citadel, 730 BC.
Persepolis, ca. 500 BC.
Persepolis, ca. 500 BC.
Relief depicting a river town, found allegedly in Apollonia-on-the-Rhyndacus (northwestern Asia Minor), marble, 150-200 AD.
The city state at Sam‘al existed as an independent city state…