Karabiga
Municipality in Çanakkale, Turkey
Karabiga
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Coordinates: 40°24′13″N 27°18′14″E / 40.40361°N 27.30389°E / 40.40361; 27.30389 | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Çanakkale |
District | Biga |
Elevation
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16 m (52 ft) |
Population
(2021)
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2,962 |
Time zone | TRT ( UTC+3 ) |
Karabiga [2] ( Karabuga [3] ) is a town ( belde ) in the Biga District , Çanakkale Province , Turkey. [4] Its population is 2,962 (2021). [1] It is located at the mouth of the Biga River , on a small east-facing bay , known as Karabiga Bay. [5] Its ancient name was Priapus or Priapos ( Ancient Greek : Πρίαπος ). [6]
History
Originally a town of ancient Mysia , it was a colony of Miletus or of Cyzicus . [7] It had a good harbour. Strabo mentions that the area produced fine wine and that the god Priapus gave the town its ancient name. [8] Thucydides mentions the town as a naval station. [9] Arrian reports that in 334 BCE Alexander the Great sent Panegorus to take possession of the city and the city surrendered without contest, prior to the Battle of Granicus . [8] [10] Besides the aforementioned authors, the town was noted by numerous ancient writers and geographers including Pomponius Mela , [11] Pliny the Elder , [12] Stephanus of Byzantium , [13] and the Geographer of Ravenna . [14]
Under the Eastern Roman Empire , the town was known as Pegae or Pegai (Πηγαί) [15] and was the site of a Byzantine fortress. [16]
During the Allied occupation following World War I , Karabiga was part of the lands that were claimed by Anzavur Ahmed Pasha in his attempt to keep the area from the Turkish nationalists . He was killed just outside Karabiga in April 1921 by Turkish nationalists aligned with Arnavud Rahman. [17]
References
- 1 2 "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK . Retrieved 1 March 2023 .
- ↑ Karabiğa (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ Karabuga (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ Belde Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ↑ Karabiğa Limanı (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ Priapus (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William , ed. (1854–1857). "Priapus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray.
- 1 2 Strabo . Geographica . Vol. xiii. p. 587. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon 's edition.
- ↑ Thucydides . History of the Peloponnesian War . Vol. 8.107.
- ↑ Arrian Campaigns of Alexander I, 13
- ↑ Pomponius Mela . De situ orbis . Vol. 1.19.
- ↑ Pliny . Naturalis Historia . Vol. 4.24, 5.40.
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium . Ethnica . Vol. s.v. Πρίαπος.
- ↑ Ravenna Cosmography 2.18.
- ↑ Norwich, John Julius (2006) The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean Doubleday, New York, page 103 , ISBN 978-0-385-51023-3
- ↑ Setton, Kenneth M.; Hazard, Harry W. and Zacour, Norman P. (1980) A History of the Crusades: The Impact of the Crusades on Europe University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin, page 241 , ISBN 978-0-299-10744-4
- ↑ Gingeras, Ryan (2009) Sorrowful Shores: Violence, ethnicity, and the end of the Ottoman Empire, 1912-1923 Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, pages 106 and 118 , ISBN 978-0-19-956152-0
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