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Justinian I, one of the earliest Byzantine rulers, ordered the architects Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus to design Hagia Sophia in the heart of what was then Constantinople.

The ancient city of Ephesos (also known as Ephesus) has a rich history dating back to 6000 BC.

At the end of the fifteenth century, Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition began to settle in the Kemeralti district of Izmir.

Çatalhöyϋk, one of the earliest Neolithic, matriarchal societies in Anatolia, existed from approximately 7500 to 5700 BC.

Aphrodisias, named after its patron goddess Aphrodite, was founded in the 2nd century BC on the site of a rural sanctuary of Aphrodite.

Ayutthaya, located in the rich agricultural flat lands in central Thailand, was the capital of Siam from 1350 to 1761.

The island of Kilwa Kisiwani is located in the south of Tanzania, a short boat ride from the mainland.

Aleppo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited centers of human settlement and has flourished for millennia.

The Citadel of Aleppo, one of the oldest continuously occupied settlements in the world, richly preserves layers of its occupation from the Hittite to Ottoman periods.

The storm god is an ancient divinity that manifested itself in awe-inspiring thunderstorms and was important for agriculture.

The ancient site of Cyrrhus is located 70 kilometers northeast of Aleppo.

Tell Mozan, located in northeast Syria in the Khabur River plain, is the site of ancient Urkesh, a place associated with the Hurrians, a Bronze Age people of Upper Mesopotamia.