is not congested; the
ships transit the
channel each day. Plenty
ships can load/unload
simultaneously, but
Izmir is primarily a
discharge port for
tankers. The port is
divided into several
sections: outer harbor,
middle harbor, inner
harbor, and an
explosives anchorage.
The inner harbor has two
primary port facilities:
the old port which is
sheltered by a
breakwater and Alsancak.
the 12 Ionian
Cities having been
involved in the Persian
and Peloponnesian wars.
After it was taken by
Alexander the Great in
334 BC, it prospered
throughout the
Hellenistic period.
Later the city passed to
Rome in 133 BC and became the capital of
the Roman province of
Asia. It was an early
place of Christianity expandation, visited by
St. Paul, where he
preached; close to
Ephesus the House of
Virgin Mary is located
where she has spent her
last days before she
died.
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