▁distinct ive ▁title ▁it ▁shares ▁only ▁with ▁Am as ya ▁and ▁Tra b zon . ▁ ▁The ▁English ▁language ▁root ▁word ▁" m agn esia ", ▁from ▁which ▁the ▁words ▁" mag net " ▁and ▁" mag net ism " ▁and ▁numerous ▁other ▁deriv ations ▁were ▁co ined , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁their ▁equival ents ▁in ▁many ▁other ▁languages , ▁may ▁derive ▁from ▁the ▁city ' s ▁name . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Pre history ▁ ▁Tra ces ▁of ▁pre history ▁in ▁the ▁Man isa ▁region , ▁although ▁few ▁in ▁number , ▁never theless ▁include ▁two ▁very ▁interesting ▁finds ▁that ▁shed ▁much ▁light ▁on ▁western ▁An atol ia ' s ▁past . ▁The ▁first ▁are ▁the ▁foss il ized ▁foot print s , ▁number ing ▁more ▁than ▁fifty ▁and ▁dated ▁to ▁around ▁ 2 0 . 0 0 0 - 2 5 . 0 0 0 ▁BC , ▁discovered ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁by ▁M TA , ▁Turkey ' s ▁state ▁body ▁for ▁min eral ▁expl oration , ▁in ▁S ind el ▁village ▁near ▁Man isa ' s ▁depending ▁district ▁of ▁S ali h li ▁and ▁referred ▁to ▁under ▁that ▁village ' s ▁name . ▁Some ▁of ▁these ▁foot print s ▁are ▁on ▁display ▁today ▁in ▁Man isa ▁Museum ▁while ▁their ▁site ▁of ▁origin ▁of ▁S ind el , ▁where ▁there ▁are ▁also ▁pre histor ic ▁paint ings , ▁will ▁reported ly ▁become ▁Turkey ' s ▁first ▁ge op ark ▁through ▁a ▁joint ▁project ▁with ▁the ▁European ▁Commission . ▁ ▁The ▁second