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The classical regions and their main settlements (circa 200 BC). Aeolis (named after the Aeolian Greeks that colonized the region) Lesbos. Armenia Minor (Armenia west of the Euphrates river, geographically in Anatolia) (roughly corresponding to ancient Azzi-Hayasa or Hayasa-Azzi) Aeretice / Æretice. Aetulane / Ætulane.
The Anatolian Civilizations Museum is in two Ottoman buildings located near Ankara Castle, in the historical Atpazarı district of Ankara. One of the buildings is Mahmut Paşa Bedesteni and the other is Kurşunlu Han (inn, caravanserai). The Mahmut Paşa Bedesteni was built by Mahmut Pasha, one of the ministers (viziers) of Mehmed II the ...
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 (later overlapping, since the 11th century, with the ...
Anatolia in the Greco-Roman period. The classical regions and their main settlements, including Galatia. Galatia (/ ɡəˈleɪʃə /; Ancient Greek: Γαλατία, Galatía, " Gaul ") was an ancient area in the highlands of central Anatolia, roughly corresponding to the provinces of Ankara and Eskişehir, in modern Turkey.
1985 (9th Session) Area. 9,883.81 ha. Cappadocia (/ kæpəˈdoʊʃəˌ - ˈdoʊkiə /; Turkish: Kapadokya, Greek: Καππαδοκία) is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It is largely in the provinces of Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde.
Caria (/ ˈkɛəriə /; from Greek: Καρία, Karia; Turkish: Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid- Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. [1] The Carians were described by Herodotus as being Anatolian mainlanders and they called themselves Caria because of the name of their king. [2]
The Anatolians were a group of Indo-European peoples who inhabited Anatolia as early as the 3rd millennium BC. Identified by their use of the now-extinct Anatolian languages, [1] they were one of the oldest collective Indo-European ethno-linguistic groups and also one of the most archaic, as they were among the first peoples to separate from the Proto-Indo-Europeans, who gave origin to the ...
Year. Date. Event. 1100s. 12th century renaissance in the Byzantine Empire, revival of art, architecture and economic activity. 1101. Kılıç Arslan I defeats Stephen of Blois and Hugh of Vermandois of the second wave of First Crusades at the Battle of Mersivan (near modern Merzifon, Amasya Province, Central Anatolia.) 1107.