anatolia

​Anatolia, the major part of the Turkish Peninsula, is revered by the locals as ‘the cradle of civilisation.’ And not without reason! The Byzantine and Ottoman empires were born here. Besides, this landmass has been a part of not only the Mesopotamian civilisation but also - what Edgar Allan Poe calls - the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome.
We hence get to see, in close proximity to each other, both a Roman amphitheater (Aspendos) and Corinthian Greek columns (Perge). Also, not very distant from these sites are the hot springs of Pamukkale. Now considering that the first single celled microbes flourished near sulphurous hydrothermal vents, it may not be a bad idea for the Turkish to extend on their ‘cradle of civilisation’ theme. For all we know, Anatolia could very well have been the ‘cradle of life’ itself.
PS: Keeping up with the ‘cradle’ motif, the photos have been made to feature two products from the cradle of J&J.