In addition, tombs located in Kırkağaç Yortan Village are thought to belong to approximately 5,000 years ago, to the Bronze Age culture. Traditional view held that the name "Magnesia" derived from the tribe of Magnetes who would have immigrated here from Thessaly at the dawn of the region's recorded history. Cybele monument by itself represents a step of innovation in Hittite art where full-faced figures in high relief are rare. This page was last changed on 15 August 2019, at 12:32. Again for 2006/2007, Manisa was named among 89 European cities as the winner of the category of the Best Economic Potential in Europe, as runner-up for the categories Southern-Europe's City of the Future (winner for Turkey) and the Most Cost-Effective European city. In recent years, many studies have been conducted to inform the foreign public opinion.

The vineyards surround the city and provide dry fruit for export from İzmir, and grapes for wine making.
During this period, 16 princes have become sanjak governors in Manisa; among whom were sultans who have later sat on the Ottoman throne; such as Murad II, Fatih Sultan Mehmet, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman, Selim II, Murad III, Mehmet III and Mustafa I.

The legends surrounding such historical figures like the local ruler Tantalus, his son Pelops, his daughter Niobe, the departure of a sizable part of the region's population from their shores to found, according to one account, the future Etruscan civilization in present-day Italy, all centered around Mount Sipylus, where the first urban settlement was probably located, date from this period of proto-Lydians. In fact, discovered archaeological remains pertaining to human settlement and existence in the area refer to times way before this period.

Sehzade Mehmed (1521–1543) adalah putra kedua dari Sultan Suleiman yang Agung dan Hurrem Sultan.Ia ditunjuk untuk memerintah di Manisa setelah saudara laki-lakinya Sehzade Mustafa dikirim ke Amasya dari sana.. Bacaan lebih lanjut. From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fire_of_Manisa&oldid=6636309, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. Sart, or called Sardes by Lydians, was the capital of a state which had had a great economical and political power during the 6th and 7th centuries B.C.. The Greeks fled to the Aegean Sea to be transferred to Greece. The historic part of Manisa spreads out from a forested valley in the immediate slopes of Sipylus mountainside, along Çaybaşı Stream which flows next to Niobe's "Weeping Rock" ("Ağlayan Kaya"), an ancient bridge called the "Red Bridge" ("Kırmızı Köprü") as well as to several tombs-shrines in the Turkish style dating back to the Saruhan period (14th century). After the Young Turk revolution (1908) the local Greek community was subject to wide scale boycott, as noted by the local British ambassador. Rise of Empire: The Ottoman is a Turkish historical docudrama by Kelly Mcpherson.
Kybele Monument, located at Mount Spil, today under protection as a national park in Manisa, is the most significant evidence of Hittites presence in the region. For this purpose, the website of www.manisahistory.com has started to be streamed within the scope of the Meeting Point of History and Civilization: Manisa project carried out by the Manisa Culture, Art and Tourism Association (MAKSAT) by the Manisa Culture, Art and Tourism Association (MAKSAT) the Meeting Point of History and Civilization: Manisa project conducted by the Manisa Culture, Art and Tourism Association (MAKSAT).

The Muradiye Mosque of the 16th century was built by the great architect Mimar Sinan (and completed by Sedefkar Mehmed Agha), and the 'Murad Bey Medresse now houses the Archaeological Museum of Manisa. Among leading industrial activities Manisa companies are engaged in are production of foodstuffs (196 companies), building materials (114), metal goods (85), as well as textile industry and clothing industry (46) and cotton ginning (43). The civilization to coin money, the most powerful transaction tool of all times, for the first time with the indemnity of the state, Lydians have chosen the region located in Sart district of Manisa today as their Capital.