Music by Kevin MacLeod. Music Name: Master of the Feast TURKEY Playlist: goo.gl/tCpBWC Google+: goo.gl/FSs6Ia Facebook: goo.gl/gwnLPg Twitter: goo.gl/KGoufJ Neolithic artifacts, uncovered by archaeologists at the beginning of the 21st century, indicate that Istanbul's historic peninsula was settled as far back as the 7th millennium BC.[31] That early settlement, important in the spread of the Neolithic Revolution from the Near East to Europe, lasted for almost a millennium before being inundated by slightly rising water levels.[32] Before the archaeological discovery, conventional wisdom held that Thracian tribes, including the Phrygians, began settling on the Sarayburnu in the late 6th millennium BC.[19] On the Asian side, artefacts originating around the 4th millennium BC have been found in Fikirtepe (within Kadıköy).[33] The same location was the site of a Phoenician trading post at the beginning of the 1st millennium BC as well as the town of Chalcedon, which was established around 680 BC. More Information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul #TravelTV #istanbul #Travel #Holiday