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Among the mountainous landscape of central Anatolia in Turkey, lies an enchanting and historical

region known as Kapodokia. The landscape here is uniquely varied.

The areas of Aridry land are interspersed with more dense green space and grassland. Perhaps

owing to the variety of hot, dry summers balanced by cold snowy winters.

Not only that, but numerous clusters of volcanic peaks affectionately known as fairy chimneys,

pierce the surface and rise sharply into the skies.

With such a mixed landscape, Kapodokia might not seem like a very likely area to find human

dwellings and livelihoods. However, the region is, in fact, well populated with a thriving community.

Civilisations here have thought up intelligent methods to make the area hospitable throughout many

centuries. Kapodokia has a storied history with records that date all the way back to the Bronze

Age. The territory was ruled by an array of different empires and leaders through many centuries

of both peace and conflict. It said that after ending the Persian Empire,

Alexander the Great tried to rule the area by way of one of his military commanders.

But a Persian aristocrat, known as Eri Arathes, somehow became king of the Kapodokians,

albeit still under the rule of Alexander.

A few centuries later, Kapodokia became a province of the Roman Empire.

The region's leader at the time had influence in the Roman civil wars.

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