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Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Considering themselves as part of Anatolia, Carians got richer in time with their world famous colonies such as
Halicarnassus (Bodrum) and Cnidus (Datça). Carian cities came under Lydian domination in 6th century BC and
they were governed by semi-dependent autonomous satraps after Persian domination in the region in 540s BC.
The most renowned Carian Satrap Mausolos II’s widow and sister Artemisa II, constructed a mausolea so called
“Mausoleum”, considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World, in 350 BC.

8 A Journey to Muğla