EFES is an ancient Ionian city in Western Anatolia. The ruins of this city having the name of " Ephesus " in those days are 3 km. away from the Selçuk district of Izmir . It is in the west. The city was built on the slopes of Mount Prion. According to Greek writers, the first inhabitants of this city are the "Amazon". An old belief here says the Ions came in 1000 years. During the following centuries Ephesus was conquered by the Kimmerians, the King of Lydia, Croesus. B.C. VI. by the Persians in the 20th century and Athens in the 19th century. At the beginning of the next century, it was taken by the Persians again, and then they were under the domination of Macedonian King Alexander the Great. Alexander established a democratic administration here. After his death, it passed on to the Greeks and later on to the Romans . In the century XIV, in the time of Timur, was deleted from the map. There are various historical artifacts in Ephesus, which has changed many hand...
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