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| | Al-Ahram Weekly | Culture | Perfecting perfection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | Between BC 6500 and BC 5500 Lycaonia, an important village in ancient Catal Huyuk, already counted over 6,000 inhabitants, while 4,000 years ago a number of fortresses and citadels in central Anatolia, Cappadoce, Cilicia were turned into smaller kingdoms, among them the Hattusas, near present-day Boghazkoy, in the great land of the Halys river. |
 | | Wars continued in the region, though: around BC 1191 Anatolia was occupied by the Phoenicians, Peoples of the Sea and, at a later date, by the Assyrians, the Lydians, the Medians, the Persians and the Greeks. |
 | | While Anatolian lands were suffering from wars and immigrants were travelling along their endless roads, widows in white garments mourned their dead on Cairo's stage and a hazy backdrop reminded audiences of Dante's Inferno. |
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