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INVESTIGATIONS AT AS SOS, 1881. 77
for all marine damages affecting Turkish vessels upon the
Asiatic coast opposite Lesbos. The tract specified by the
historian Ducas as subject to this condition extended from
the river Crimacx to Behram, and this is the first mention
of the Turkish town upon the ancient site of Assos.
The district and civil government of the Troad, which have
remained unchanged in all fundamental respects, were insti-
tuted by Orchan and his brother Ala-Eddin, The subsequent
advance of the Ottoman power into the heart of Europe could
have had no influence upon the Asiatic provinces beyond
insuring their freedom from the miseries of invasions and
sieges.
The long-continued quiet could not bring prosperity to the
Southern Troad, deserted by its Christian inhabitants. Un-
der the enervating yoke of the Turks the sparsely populated
country languished in lethargic repose, severed from all inter-
course with Europe until the advent of the scientific travel-
lers and archaeologists of the past century.
For convenient reference in the study of the development
and decline of the city, — as illustrated by the monuments, —
the chief periods of the history of Assos may be grouped
under the following dates: —
Pre-historic occupation of the Troad by Semitic,
Phoenician, and Carian colonists ....
Pedasus (Assos) capital of the Leleges . . before 1000 B. c.
Date commonly assumed for the beginning
of the Trojan war, and sacking of Pedasus by
Achilles : B.C. 1193.
Growth of the ^Eolic colony .... about 1000 to 560 b. C.
At the close of this period, Assos the most im-
portant city of the Troad.
The influence of Assyria felt by all the lands
of the Eastern Mediterranean, from the age of
1 The ancient Caicos.
for all marine damages affecting Turkish vessels upon the
Asiatic coast opposite Lesbos. The tract specified by the
historian Ducas as subject to this condition extended from
the river Crimacx to Behram, and this is the first mention
of the Turkish town upon the ancient site of Assos.
The district and civil government of the Troad, which have
remained unchanged in all fundamental respects, were insti-
tuted by Orchan and his brother Ala-Eddin, The subsequent
advance of the Ottoman power into the heart of Europe could
have had no influence upon the Asiatic provinces beyond
insuring their freedom from the miseries of invasions and
sieges.
The long-continued quiet could not bring prosperity to the
Southern Troad, deserted by its Christian inhabitants. Un-
der the enervating yoke of the Turks the sparsely populated
country languished in lethargic repose, severed from all inter-
course with Europe until the advent of the scientific travel-
lers and archaeologists of the past century.
For convenient reference in the study of the development
and decline of the city, — as illustrated by the monuments, —
the chief periods of the history of Assos may be grouped
under the following dates: —
Pre-historic occupation of the Troad by Semitic,
Phoenician, and Carian colonists ....
Pedasus (Assos) capital of the Leleges . . before 1000 B. c.
Date commonly assumed for the beginning
of the Trojan war, and sacking of Pedasus by
Achilles : B.C. 1193.
Growth of the ^Eolic colony .... about 1000 to 560 b. C.
At the close of this period, Assos the most im-
portant city of the Troad.
The influence of Assyria felt by all the lands
of the Eastern Mediterranean, from the age of
1 The ancient Caicos.