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HISTORY OF ADANA

HISTORY OF ADANA

In ancient times, Adana was a stopover on the road that crossed Anatolia and went down to Tarsus from the Gülek Strait. It is understood from the Hittite tablets that the Kizzuvatna Kingdom was dominant in the city and its surroundings during the Hittite period. Region, B.C. In the 16th century, it was connected to the Hittite Federation and to the Kue Kingdom, which was established in Çukurova after the collapse of the Hittite State. B.C. Towards the end of the 9th century, Assyria, B.C. Persia in the 6th century BC. It came under the rule of Alexander the Great in 333. After the death of Alexander (323 BC), it became affiliated with the Seleucids. B.C. It was captured by the Roman consul Pompeius in 66 BC. It became an important trade center during the Roman and Byzantine periods due to its convenient location, and was annexed to the Umayyad lands by Caliph Abdülmelik in 704. Abbasid Caliph Harun Reşit had the old ancient castle (Adana Castle) rebuilt. IX. In the century, Adana was an important cultural and commercial center of Çukurova. In the same century, a Turkish commander named Yazıman ruled the region semi-independently. The region later passed into the hands of Tolunoğulları in Egypt.

The Byzantines took advantage of the weakening of the Abbasids and annexed the city again in the early 10th century. In the years following Alparslan's Manzikert Victory (1071), Adana came under the rule of the Seljuks (1083-1097). During this period, many Turkish tribes coming from the East settled in Çukurova. With the Crusade of 1097, Seljuk rule in Adana ended. Many Turkmen tribes were settled in Çukurova, which was captured by the Mamluks in the first half of the 14th century. In 1352, Yüregiroğlu Ramazan Bey, one of the Turkmen Beys affiliated with the Mamluks, dominated the region. The center of the Principality, named Ramazanoğulları, was Adana. Under the rule of Ramazanoğulları, the city expanded and was decorated with mosques, inns and public buildings. 

    Călărași (Romanian pronunciation: [kələˈraʃʲ] ), the capital of Călărași County in the Muntenia region, is situated in south-east Romania, on the banks of the Danube's Borcea branch, at about 12 kilometres (7 miles) from the Bulgarian border and 125 kilometres (78 miles) from Bucharest.

    The city is an industrial centre for lumber and paper, food processing, glass manufacturing, textiles, medical equipment production, and heavy industry, the last one represented by the Călărași steel works. The city is known colloquially as "Capșa provinciei" (the Capșa from the provinces). 

Old townhall (built 1886–87)

The site of a medieval village, called Lichirești from the time of Michael the Brave. Călărași appeared for the first time in 1700 on a map drawn by Constantin Cantacuzino. It got its name after it was made by the Wallachian princes, in the 17th century, a station of "mounted couriers' service" on the route from Bucharest to Constantinople. The service was operated by horseback riders (the călărași). It expanded into a small town, and in 1834 became the surrounding county's capital.