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Gambrion is an ancient city near Kınık

Kinik

Kınık is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey....

 and Bergama

Bergama

Bergama is a populous district, as well as the center city of the same district, in İzmir Province in western Turkey. By excluding İzmir's metropolitan area, it is one of the prominent districts of the province in terms of population and is largely urbanized at the rate of 53,6 per cent...

 in İzmir

Izmir

Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...

 province of Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 in western Anatolia

Anatolia

Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...

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It is on a hill named Hisarlık

Hisarlik

Hisarlik , often spelled Hissarlik, is the modern name for the site of ancient Troy, also known as Ilion, and is located in what is now Turkey...

 in Bakırçay (ancient Kaikos) valley and very close to modern town of Poyracık

Poyracık

Poyracık is a town in Kınık district of İzmir Province, Turkey. At it is very close to Kınık. Distance to İzmir is about . The population of the town is 5790 as of 2010. Poyracık is an old town and its history can be traced back to Gambrion of the 4th century BC. It was an important settlement...

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The name of Gambrion is seen first in the book of Anabasis

Anabasis (Xenophon)

Anabasis is the most famous work, in seven books, of the Greek professional soldier and writer Xenophon. The journey it narrates is his best known accomplishment and "one of the great adventures in human history," as Will Durant expressed the common assessment.- The account :Xenophon accompanied...

 of Xenofon which gives knowledge about the region in 399 BC. At that time the ruler of the city was Gorgion.

There was a star with twelve rays on the electron money of Gambrion.

External links

• http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=100, Ancient coins of Gambrion
• http://www.toddmiller.com/maps/Turkey/index.html Location of Gambrion in ancient Mysia