Catalhoyuk is the biggest town on earth with 6000 inhabitants. The houses in this town have entrance openings on the roof, there are small windows around the entrance hole. The citizens of this urban center eat wheat, lentils and other vegetables they grow in the plains and animals they hunt such as sheep, goat. They worship the mother goddess and the taurus, symbol of fertility. The paintings, including the first landscape painting in history, reliefs on the walls, fine pottery they make are their most important artistic achievement.
Dogs are the only pets.
The first inhabitants, Mediterraneans, of the legendary city of Troy dwelled in this tiny town. Their ancient culture which is western and unrelated to Central Anatolia will leave a remarkable presence in the Bronze Age . This village on top of a hill, overlooking the blue of the Eagean Sea has been the target of the people from the other coast of the sea. Troy will be the scene of the mythical Trojan wars, the first multinational war. And it will be conquered many times, destroyed by earthquakes and rebuilt throughout milleniums.