Mysia is the area today where balikesir , manisa , north part of izmir and west part of Turkey are. Olympos ( mt uludag)  defines the eastern , kaikos defines the south and western ,  aisepos and rhyndakos defines the northern borders of the district.

Mysia name was taken from the a Thracian tribe called Mysies.

Mysia meaning is the beech wood and Beech trees are mostly seen and grown in Uludag.

The people of Mysia was very brave and strong figthers. They had a very well known reputation with these features. Most of these wariors became mercaniries in different armies. Mysians kept their nomadic culture for centuries even after the immigration to anatolia

Lydians, Persians, Macedonians , byzantium and turks had dominated the District.

They produced  turpentine and pitch from the trees grown in the area and used them in medicals. Prokonnesos island was famous with its white marbles.

İmportant mysia sites are ;

Kyzikos –belkis

Artake- erdek

Biga , adramyttion, allinoi

Daskyleion

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