![]() ![]() As the harbor is one of the most important entrances into a city it is also the scene of representations of the community and its elites. ![]() On the other hand, the special function develops a unique culture due to the constant exchange of people and ideas within its borders as well as the increased presence of foreigners. This character as a gateway city leads on the one hand to a specific economy in a port city as a place of increased trade and movement of goods. Gateway cities develop preferably in the contact zones between areas of different economic intensity, different types of production or significantly differing geographical and/or physical conditions. The geographer Alois Burghardt calls ancient port cities gateway cities, which he defines as “an entrance into (and necessary and exit out of) some area”. ![]() It was here where the stream of goods, people and ideas was constricted. Due to their location they were the transition point for traffic between land and sea. ġ§1 Port cities played an essential role in the history of the ancient Mediterranean. “A Stroll along the Sea: The Processional Way in Ephesus and the Littoral.” CHS Research Bulletin 3, no. ![]()
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