Caria was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joined the Carian population in forming Greek-dominated states there.
This category also traditionally includes the Carian Islands, of which Rhodos is the largest and most important.
Rhodes was an important slave-trading center, and known for The Colossus of Rhodes - a huge statue of Helios measuring 32 meters built in 280 B.C. but destroyed by an earthquake later in that century. It has inspired many later sculptures including the Statue of Liberty.
This category also traditionally includes the Carian Islands, of which Rhodos is the largest and most important.
Rhodes was an important slave-trading center, and known for The Colossus of Rhodes - a huge statue of Helios measuring 32 meters built in 280 B.C. but destroyed by an earthquake later in that century. It has inspired many later sculptures including the Statue of Liberty.
