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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.
Anatolia (Turkish: Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, [a] is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Turkish Straits to the northwest, and the Black Sea to the north.
Asia Minor also referred to as Anatolia or the Anatolian plateau is the westernmost protrusion of the Asia which comprises mainly of modern day Turkey. Asia Minor is usually synonymous with Asian Turkey, which is made up of almost the entire country.
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 ...
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.
The history of Anatolia (often referred to in historical sources as Asia Minor) can be roughly subdivided into: Prehistory of Anatolia (up to the end of the 3rd millennium BCE), Ancient Anatolia (including Hattian, Hittite and post-Hittite periods), Classical Anatolia (including Achaemenid, Hellenistic and Roman periods), Byzantine Anatolia ...
Anatolia, also called Asia Minor (from Ancient Greek: 'Άνατολή, Turkish: Anadolu), is a peninsula at the west end of Asia. It forms the majority of modern Turkey. It has an area of 750,000 km 2 (290,000 sq mi). Most of it is a plateau. that averages 1,000 m (3,300 ft) above sea level.
Asia Minor (also known as Anatolia) is one of the main centers of civilizations of the ancient East. The formation of early civilizations in this region was due to the entire course of the cultural and historical development of Anatolia.
Asia Minor, great peninsula, c.250,000 sq mi (647,500 sq km), extreme W Asia, generally coterminous with Asian Turkey, also called Anatolia. It is washed by the Black Sea [1] in the north, the Mediterranean Sea [2] in the south, and the Aegean Sea [3] in the west.
The term ‘Asia Minor’ denotes the westernmost part of the Asian continent, equivalent to modern Turkey between the Aegean and the Euphrates.