@Illuminatus @moira @hannah
I loved visiting ancient inland port cities as a kid near our summer house.
Here is a port city
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zBAb3AGpr5CgBpY8A
Another
https://maps.app.goo.gl/9t1Hx7JmE4He48QU9
The plains you see on satellite view are surrounded by ports all over including some in Bafa "lake" detached from the Aegean sea centuries ago.
Here is ephesos
https://maps.app.goo.gl/HYaDnQLzwc1uWP8G8
Pergamon
https://maps.app.goo.gl/z97KWt1fZ2R4TaY78
And of course Troy
https://maps.app.goo.gl/hkWwjwTBsWp6ZM9PA