Gaps of the Gods: The Bosporus & Dardanelles Straits
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The boundary between Europe and
The boundary between Europe and Asia can be unclear in places, but one place where the border is the most visible is at the Turkish Straits: the Bosporus and the Dardanelles. For millennia, these two waterways have been central to nations like Troy, Persia, Byzantium, and the Ottomans. Together, we'll learn about the geography, geology, and history of these straits. Let's Explore!
CHAPTERS:
• 0:00 Intro
• 0:28 Basic Geography
• 1:35 Geology
• 2:20 Early History
• 4:16 Rome, Byzantium & the Ottomans
• 5:13 The Straits Question
• 6:03 The Region Today
• 6:46 Bridges and Tunnels
• 7:49 Conclusion
Notes:
The names Istanbul and Constantinople (or its Turkish equivalent "Konstantiniyye") were both used in the Ottoman Era, with the latter usually used by the government.
Sources:
• Türkiye: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe...
• Dardanelles drowned fault valley: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima...
• Ryan, William et. al. (1997). "An Abrupt Drowning of the Black Sea Shelf"
• Giosan, Liviu Et. Al. (2009) "Was the Black Sea catastrophically flooded in the early Holocene?" https://www.whoi.edu/cms/files/Giosan...
• "Noah's Not So Big Flood". Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute
• Kerr, R. A. (2007). "Support Is Drying up for Noah’s Flood Filling the Black Sea". Science, 317(5840), 886–886. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20037582
• History of the Sedimentary Infilling of Yarimburgaz Cave, Turkey: William R. Farrand and Jill P. McMahon 1997
• Wilusa/Troy: Easton, D. F., et. al. (2002). Troy in Recent Perspective. Anatolian Studies, 52, 75–109. https://doi.org/10.2307/3643078
• Straits Traffic: Turkish ministry of transport and infrastructure
• Additional info from Encyclopedia Britannica and Livius.org
Creative Commons Image credits:
Marmara Region: The_Emirr, CC BY 3.0
Anatolian Plate: Mikenorton, CC BY-SA 3.0
Earthquake: 최광모, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sediments: Hannes Grobe/AWI, CC BY 3.0
Yarımburgaz Cave: CeeGee, CC BY-SA 4.0
Petralona Skull: Nadina, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hattusa: Verity Cridland, CC BY 2.0
Hisarlik: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0
Ilios: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0
Xerxes: درفش کاویانی, CC BY 3.0
Bosporus Map: Krorokeroro & Kaidor, CC BY-SA 3.0
Diadokhoi: Ian Mladjov, CC BY 4.0
Rome map: Cristiano64, CC BY-SA 3.0
Istanbul Canal map: Randam, CC BY-SA 4.0
Eurasia Tunnel: Sadrettin, CC BY-SA 4.0
CHAPTERS:
• 0:00 Intro
• 0:28 Basic Geography
• 1:35 Geology
• 2:20 Early History
• 4:16 Rome, Byzantium & the Ottomans
• 5:13 The Straits Question
• 6:03 The Region Today
• 6:46 Bridges and Tunnels
• 7:49 Conclusion
Notes:
The names Istanbul and Constantinople (or its Turkish equivalent "Konstantiniyye") were both used in the Ottoman Era, with the latter usually used by the government.
Sources:
• Türkiye: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe...
• Dardanelles drowned fault valley: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima...
• Ryan, William et. al. (1997). "An Abrupt Drowning of the Black Sea Shelf"
• Giosan, Liviu Et. Al. (2009) "Was the Black Sea catastrophically flooded in the early Holocene?" https://www.whoi.edu/cms/files/Giosan...
• "Noah's Not So Big Flood". Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute
• Kerr, R. A. (2007). "Support Is Drying up for Noah’s Flood Filling the Black Sea". Science, 317(5840), 886–886. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20037582
• History of the Sedimentary Infilling of Yarimburgaz Cave, Turkey: William R. Farrand and Jill P. McMahon 1997
• Wilusa/Troy: Easton, D. F., et. al. (2002). Troy in Recent Perspective. Anatolian Studies, 52, 75–109. https://doi.org/10.2307/3643078
• Straits Traffic: Turkish ministry of transport and infrastructure
• Additional info from Encyclopedia Britannica and Livius.org
Creative Commons Image credits:
Marmara Region: The_Emirr, CC BY 3.0
Anatolian Plate: Mikenorton, CC BY-SA 3.0
Earthquake: 최광모, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sediments: Hannes Grobe/AWI, CC BY 3.0
Yarımburgaz Cave: CeeGee, CC BY-SA 4.0
Petralona Skull: Nadina, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hattusa: Verity Cridland, CC BY 2.0
Hisarlik: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0
Ilios: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0
Xerxes: درفش کاویانی, CC BY 3.0
Bosporus Map: Krorokeroro & Kaidor, CC BY-SA 3.0
Diadokhoi: Ian Mladjov, CC BY 4.0
Rome map: Cristiano64, CC BY-SA 3.0
Istanbul Canal map: Randam, CC BY-SA 4.0
Eurasia Tunnel: Sadrettin, CC BY-SA 4.0
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