First Dardanelles Bridge built on Dardanelles 2490 Years Ago
First Dardanelles Bridge built on Çanakkale by Persian Empire Xerxes for Campaign of Greece 2490 years ago. Local Historian Retired Teacher Ahmet Kaşıkçı said: “First Dardanelles Bridge built on Cape Nara fort he Campaign of Greece by Persian Empire Xerxes in 480 BC. Herodotus wrote the detailed story of this bridge in his 7th book Polymnia. Plans of bridge was drown by a Greek named Harpolos. Two bridges built from Abydos (in Çanakkale) to Sestos and Madytos (in Gallipoli Penninsula). Both bridges sank in a sudden violent storm. Then another two bridges built by ships.” FİRST PASSING OF DARDANELLES BRIDGE WAS WONDERFUL Ahmet Kaşıkçı said: “Passing of Dardannelles Bridge was written in the 7th book of Herodotus Polymnia clearly. One of this two bridges used for pass of pedestrians and riders. Other one used for pass of burden animals and army service. Nonstop passing lasted of 7 days 7 nights. The population of army was 1 million 7 hundred thousand.”
