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THEME 7 ENGLISH 11
FACTS ABOUT TURKEY ACTIVITY SHEETS

COMPETENCES • Students will be able to find out specific information in a text describing historical sites in Turkey.

If you are a history buff and nature before you from the upper Acropolis because the city
fond of visiting historical sites like has the steepest theatre of all ancient ones with the space for
me, Turkey is a perfect destination 100,000 people. It was a mind-blowing experience for me to
for you, then. My wanderlust has stand right in the middle of it and hear the murmuring wind
always taken me to the ancient in my ears. On the other hand, walking through the ruins of
cities around the world, and finally the history’s first healing complex, which is called Asklepion,
it took me to Pergamon last month. was amazing. The thermal springs on lower Acropolis made
This historical place is also known as the city of firsts due to the city one of the most important centres of healing and
witnessing many firsts in its history and was inscribed in the beauty. It was believed that healing was a sacred art and
Unesco World Heritage list in 2014. people’s souls needed to be cured as well as their bodies. For
The history of the city reaches back to 3 century BC. It this reason a theatre was built in the complex to entertain the
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was located in the Aegean Region, the heart of the Antique patients who had to stay there for weeks. The city had the
World, on a hilltop in modern-day Bergama. The city served most well-known sculpture school of Hellenistic Period. The
as the capital of powerful kingdoms and quickly became an Great Altar, aka Altar of Zeus, was the largest sculptural
important cultural, scientific, health, and political centre complex created in the ancient world. The remains of the
during the Hellenistic period. Altar are displayed in Pergamon Museum in Berlin today. This
So, what makes this city so unique is definitely the monument has been accepted as one of the wonders of the
outstanding masterpieces it has in it. The splendid library of world and it was created by the sculpture school in the city.
the city is considered as the world’s second-largest one, Most of the visitors state that the three-dimensional effect of
which had approximately 200,000 manuscripts, after the the friezes on the structure are so
library of Alexandria. In those times, the two libraries had a lively that one can think the stones
fierce rivalry between each other. According to legend, the will start to speak.
competition between the two went too far that the emperor
of Alexandria couldn’t accept the development of a
Greek Library and banned Papyrus to be exported to
Asia at last. This incident gave way to the invention of
parchment and the first use of it in Pergamon.
As you walk down the stairs of the ancient theatre,
you see the mesmerizing view of the temples and the

1 Read Mia’s travel blog and fill in the chart with correct information.

The origin of the city
The Location of the city
Attractions in the city

2 Read the text again and write true (T), false (F) or not stated (NS).

1. Mia is both interested in travelling and history, 4. The treatments in the ancient hospital were
and she likes to share her knowledge with others. done in the belief that the body and the soul need
2. According to legend, the emperor of Alexandria equal care.
made great favours to support the development of 5. Mia visited the Pergamon Museum to see the
the library in Pergamon. remains of the Great Altar.
3. Mia recommends us to take the cable car to 6. Attalus III, the king of Pergamon, was a real
the top of the hill and walk down from Acropolis to admirer of Roman Empire and he gave his country
view the amazing landscape. to the Roman Republic in his final will.

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