Skip to content

Search
Timeline
Map
Graph
Threads
Civilizations
Eras
Random

A living digital encyclopedia of human civilization. Begin anywhere; follow the threads.

¶ Browse

Threads
Civilizations
Eras
Timeline
Map
Graph
Random entry
About

¶ Sources & licensing

Adapted prose from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica — public domain in the United States.
Imagery via Wikimedia Commons; per-image attribution on each entry.

¶ Colophon

Set in EB Garamond and JetBrains Mono. Built on Next.js 16 + Postgres 17 with pgvector + Drizzle ORM, deployed to Vercel atop a Neon Postgres branch.

Source at github.com/chloeilabs/alexandria.

Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

İzmit · Alexandria

Place

İzmit

Also known as

Astaco
Cocaeli
Cojaéli
Ismid
Ismit
Ismit

Image illustrating İzmit — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · İzmitsee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

in countryTurkey1923 CE
birthplace ofAli Beratlıgil1931 CE
birthplace ofBatuhan Altıntaş1996 CE
birthplace ofBerkan Emir1988 CE
birthplace ofCengiz Topel1934 CE
birthplace ofCeyda Kozluca1984 CE
birthplace ofDemet Özdemir1992 CE
birthplace ofEray Ataseven1993 CE
birthplace ofErencan Yardımcı2002 CE
birthplace ofKübra Siyahdemir1986 CE
birthplace ofLevent Çoker1958 CE
place of death ofNusret Suman1905 CE

+ 6 further connections to entries not yet ingested

¶ Auctoritates · sources

Adapted from Wikipediaview source ↗
CC BY-SA 4.0