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May 4, 2018 · Ancient Asia Minor is a geographic region located in the south-western part of Asia comprising most of present-day Turkey. The earliest reference to the region comes from tablets of the Akkadian Dynasty (2334-2083 BCE) where it was known as The Land of the Hatti and was inhabited by the Hittites .
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Apr 13, 2023 · What is Asia Minor? Asia Minor, also known as Anatolia, is a region located in Western Asia and is mostly occupied by modern-day Turkey. It is bordered by the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Aegean Sea to the west. What was the historical significance of Asia Minor?
Feb 23, 2017 · The Ancient World Mapping Center is making available for free download their wall map of Asia Minor. The blog post from yesterday reads: After several years of preparation, AWMC’s newest wall map is now available online.
Anatolia, also called Asia Minor, is the peninsula of land that today constitutes the Asian portion of Turkey. In geographic terms Anatolia may be described as the area in southwestern Asia bounded to the north by the Black Sea, to the east and south by the Southeastern Taurus Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea, and to the west by the Aegean ...
- In 1243 the Seljuq sultan Ghiyās̄ al-Dīn Kay-Khusraw II was crushed by the Mongol commander Bayjū at Köse Dağ between Sivas and Erzincan, and the A...
- Greek tradition usually dates the migration of the Phrygians to Anatolia from Europe to roughly the period of the Trojan War in the early 12th cent...
- Turkish tribes created the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia, and it grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th and 16th cent...
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See map of Ancient Anatolia in 500 CE. Discover the hIstory of ancient Turkey, known as Asia Minor: the rise and fall of the Hittite empire, Greek cities, Hellenistic kingdoms and Roman power.
“From 25 B.C. to 235 A.D., five Roman provinces are established in Anatolia: Asia, Bithynia, Pontus, Galatia, and Cappadocia. During this period, numerous roads are built linking the highland cities to the Anatolian coast. Primarily designed for military use, they become important communication and trade routes. By the mid-third century, the expanding power of the Sasanian empire to the east ...
Aug 19, 2020 · World History Encyclopedia, 19 Aug 2020. Web. 27 May 2024. Map of Asia Minor in the early 1st century CE with the Kingdom of Commagene as a Roman client state.
