An ancient region and kingdom of western Anatolia inhabited by the Carians, speakers of a native Anatolian language, who were known as skilled seafarers and mercenaries before absorption into Alexander's empire.
Conquered by Alexander the Great in 334 BCE during the Siege of Halicarnassus, ending its status as an Achaemenid satrapy; Alexander entrusted governance to Ada of Halicarnassus and Caria became part of the Macedonian Empire.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Caria — the shape you scrub through changes in 1000 BC · 545 BC.
A reliable, readable introduction to the Bronze Age peoples of Anatolia and the Hittite world, the milieu of the Hattians, Arzawa, Kizzuwatna, and Kaska.
Covers the Achaemenid satrapies including Caria, and Alexander's conquest.