They did not draft such a letter to the British Parliament as the colonists viewed the Parliament as the aggressor behind the recent Intolerable Acts. Lastly, not fully expecting the standoff in Massachusetts to explode into full-scale war, the Congress agreed to reconvene in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775.
Ephesus from Izmir Half Day, includes a visit to the ancient city Ephesus which used to be the most important commercial center of the western Anatolia and the Temple of Artemision which is known as one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World.
Reconstruction of the Acropolis and Areus Pagus in Athens, Leo von Klenze, 1846. The Parthenon (/ËpÉËrÎ¸ÉËnÉnË -nÉn/; Ancient Greek: ÏÎ±ÏÎ¸ÎµÎ½ÏÎ½; Modern Greek: ÏÎ±ÏÎ¸ÎµÎ½ÏÎ½Î±Ï, ParthenÃ³nas) is a former temple, on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron. Construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the peak of its power.