Yumuktepe

Yumuktepe is a tell inside the city outskirts of Mersin, Turkey. In 1936, the hill was on the edges of Mersin, yet after a quick increment of populace, the hill was encompassed by the Toroslar district of Mersin. Yumuktepe was a piece of Kizuwatna a vassal kingdom of Hittite Empire. In an archive of 1440 BC, a city named Pitura was made reference to. Pitura may be the antiquated name of the settlement. Yet, an ongoing exploration proposes Elipru as the first name of the settlement.

It appears, as most Hittite terrains, ocean individuals from Europe looted Yumuktepe in 13^th century BC. A second blow was from Assyrian Empire from Upper Mesopotamia. Amid Roman Empire, a little city named Zephyrium was set up toward the south of Yumuktepe. Yet, Emperor Hadrian renamed the city as Hadrianapolis. Amid the early Byzantine Empire, the adjacent settlement of Soli prospered and Yumuktepe additionally lost its previous status.