Kabile

Kabile ( Bulgarian Кабиле ), Kabyle or Cabyle, is a village in southeastern Bulgaria, part of the municipality Tundscha Oblast Yambol. The ruins of the ancient Thracian royal city of Kabyle are located near; the city was an important fortress in the Middle Ages.

Geography

Kabile located 3 km directly to the Thrace motorway (own departure ) northwest of South East Bulgaria Yambol town. Sajtschi wrach, the last foothills of the mountain range Sredna Gora, located 1.5 km north of Kabile. The road from Yambol to the village Schelju Wojwoda in the Oblast Sliven performs Kabile, as well as the road from Yambol to the village Draschewo.

The village's name derives from Cybele.

History

The area has been inhabited since the second millennium BC, traces of a Neolithic culture were discovered. Ceramics from the 10th to the 6th century BC prove that the region was inhabited during the Early Iron Age. In the year 341 BC Kabyle was founded by Philip II of Macedon, or reestablished; he let fix the city and she was in due course to the polis. After the reign of Philip II, she stood below that of Alexander the Great and the Diadochi Lysimachus. 280 BC it came under the control of the Thracian Odrysenreichs. The prosperity of the city declined in the second century BC as a result of an aggressive campaign by Philip V of Macedon. Later it fell the Celtic king Kauaros, the lord of the Celtic kingdom of Tylis. The city struck coins for the local Thracian ruler Spartokos ( early 3rd century BC) and Sostokos as well as for the Celts Cavarus. The Roman general Lucullus conquered Kabyle 72 BC during his march against the Pontian king Mithridates VI. and his followers in Thrace.

Kabyle was one of the largest and most important cities in Thrace. The architecture, get good deal and sometimes restored, gives an impression of it.

Christianity spread in the area in the 4th century AD and Kabile became the seat of a bishop. The town was finally destroyed in the 6th century AD by the Avars. In the 9th century, the remains of the city and the surrounding area fell to the First Bulgarian Empire and Bulgarian settlement was built on the ruins of the ancient city.

Other names for the village were Iswor ( " source " ) to a nearby water source. The name " Kabile " was reintroduced in 1950.

Economy

The majority of the population Kabiles works in Yambol. The economy is predominantly based on agriculture. There is also a candy factory.

Others

The island Kabile Iceland, part of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Kabile.