The Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey had a long history before it became the site of the Battle of Gallipoli during World War I - it is an area that has been inhabited by Greeks and Romans, and its literary origins stretch all the way back to Homer's Iliad.

Guest: Christopher Mackie

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Tempus Podcast

#6 A History of Gallipoli Before 1915

MAR 9, 201514 MIN
Tempus

#6 A History of Gallipoli Before 1915

MAR 9, 201514 MIN

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The Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey had a long history before it became the site of the Battle of Gallipoli during World War I - it is an area that has been inhabited by Greeks and Romans, and its literary origins stretch all the way back to Homer's Iliad. Guest: Christopher Mackie