The Dardanelles has been a strategic water route and an object of conquest throughout history. The Hellespont anchored Xerxes’ pontoon bridges, constructed in 480 BCE during the second Persian invasion of Greece.
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The Dardanelles has been a strategic water route and an object of conquest throughout history. The Hellespont anchored Xerxes’ pontoon bridges, constructed in 480 BCE during the second Persian invasion of Greece.