IT STOOD at one of the crossroads of the ancient world ​ — the place where caravan routes that ran from the Mediterranean to China and from Egypt to Anatolia once met.
ŠĪ ZEME atradās senās pasaules krustcelēs — to šķērsoja karavānu ceļi, kas veda no Vidusjūras uz Ķīnu un no Ēģiptes uz Anatoliju.