Cappadocia

By: Norazrina Nordin



This is my favorite place, my dream want go to Cappadocia Turkey.




I want to share about history Of Cappadocia

History of Cappadocia

Fairy chimneys came into beings by geographical events. In historical process, people used these fairy chimneys as their home. They built churchs and decorated with frescos. So, the traces of the civilisation through thousands of years can easily be seen today. In order to save this cultural treasure and not to have the region snatched, even Thalesfrom Milet, divided the Red River (Halys) into two parts and made the army pass through it to help Lydian King for making a stand against Persian attacks. He also carried outhis first scientific plans here. The names of the cities in Cappadocia were lost in this general statement because of the fame Cappadocia had and its being a well known state.

Natural beauty and cultural richness of Ürgüp, Avanos, Zelve and Göreme attracted a lot of historians and explorers for centuries. Cappadocia was known as “Catpatuca” in Persian agd and “Catpatukka” meant the area that the finest horses were raised. Nevertheless, there is still debate about where the origin of the word comes from: Hattie, Luid, Hittite and Assyrian or else. Therefore, resources about the horses were researched and important data were found. Hittites gave importance to horse raising between 1460 and 1190 BC. We know that they brought raisers from Mittanni and they wrote the recommendations given by these raisers on the tablets. So, they guaranteed the transition of the knowledge fort he next generations. In the state archives of Bogazköy, a work written by Kikkuli the young raiser from Mittani was found. Xenephon in 401 BC, Strappon from Amasya in 18 AD, Gregoir from Nissa from 334 to 394 AD and also a young grower from Maccan (Göreme) put information about the history the region for us.

Charged with the duty to go around the Mediterranean countries by French Kingdom, Paul Lucas was the first to introduce the region to Europe with his travel book. With the duty by French King Louis 14., he got amazed when he came around Ürgüp and Avanos in August, 1705. The fariy geological structue of the region, especially interesting rock houses that people lived, churches and interior confused him utterly.