= Meriç R., Hermus (Gediz) Valley in Western Turkey. Results of an Archaeological and Historical Survey, İstanbul . [[ISBN 9786059680707]. Abstract: The importance of Gediz River, which has been inhabited since Neolithicum (6th Millenium B.C.) in 15 sites, had increased rapidly due to fertile lands and suitable communication routes with Aegean Islands and Interior Anatolia. The Gediz known Seha River Land by Hittites was ruled (ca.1300 B.C.) by vassal king Manapatarhunda appointed by Mursili II.
Many newly discovered Late Bronze Age sites i.e. Kumtepe, K. Yamanlar, Pınarbaşı, Nemrut, Akçapınar, Asartepe-Urganlı, Gavurtepe, testify to this expansion. During the Iron Age, Gediz River was called Hermus. The valley connected Ionia, Aeolis and Lydia with each other.
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