Yunt Mountains From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mountain range in Turkey Yunt Mountains are in western Anatolia, Aegean Region of Turkey. They are a mountain range and located in İzmir Province and Manisa provinces of Turkey. They are near the districts of Soma, Kınık, Kırkağaç and Bergama. History According to ancient time geographer Strabon, the name of the Yunt Mountains in old times were Aspordenon.[1] Aigai, one of the twelve cities of ancient Aeolis is on the Yunt Mountains in modern Manisa province. Gambrium and Paleogambrion cities, which are mentioned in Anabasis of Xenophon, are on the Yunt Mountains near Bergama and Kınık districts. In the Hellenistic Period, Philetairos, who was the founder of Pergamon Kingdom and Attalid Dynasty, built a sanctuary dedicated to Magna Mater, Cybele on the Yunt Mountains near Kınık district.[2] Footnotes Strabon, Geography, (Books: XII, XIII, XIV) Esther V.Hansen, The Attalids of Pergamon, Cornell University Press, 1971 Sefa Taşkın, Pergamon Kadınları, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, 2011 References ↑ Strabon, Geography (Books XII, XIII, XIV) ↑ Sefa Taşkın, Pergamon Kadınları, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, 2011 - Page 54 vteMountains of Turkey Mountain ranges Anti-Taurus Binboğa Canik Ilgaz Küre Pontic Taurus Tmolus Yunt Mountains Acıgöl Ahır Akdağ Aktaş Ağrı (Ararat) Babadağ Beşparmak (Latmus) Cilo Davraz Demirkazık Dilek (Mycale) Erciyes Erek Göllü Güllük Hasan Honaz Judi Kaçkar Karacadağ Karadağ Karagöl Kaz (Ida) Kula Küçük Ağrı Madur Mahya Medetsiz Nemrut Nemrut (volcano) Nif Palandöken Sarıçalı Spil Sultan Süphan Şaphane Tahtalı Tendürek Topçambaba Uludağ Yamanlar Zurbahan 36°30′40″N 32°37′30″E / 36.511°N 32.625°E / 36.511; 32.625 This article about an Aegean Region of Turkey location is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte Related Articles
