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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, 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 ...
Map of Asia Minor in the Roman Empire. Map of Asia Minor and the adjacent Mediterranean lands in Roman times. Asia was a term which in the books of the Maccabees actually means Asia Minor, which Antioch III (the Great) had to give up to the Roman province of Asia Proconsularis (formed after 133 B.C.), which embraced the regions of Mysia, Lydia ...
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.
In this article, you can find facts about the history of Anatolia, also known as Asia Minor, along with maps. The Hittites stand out as the oldest and most powerful empire in the history of Anatolia. Then we see that the Ancient Greek culture became dominant.
This is a collection of 283 beautiful historical maps of Asia Minor (including the Armenian Highlands), the Caucasus, Iran, and neighboring lands including the Aegean Basin, the Levant, and northern Africa, from around 1500 B.C. to around 1500 A.D. Cartographers include: Samuel Butler, William Shepherd, Ramsey Muir, Heinrich Kiepert, William ...
This map reveals the cities within Asia Minor in the ancient world during the first century A.D., the time of the New Testament. The map includes the principal cities of Asia. Matthew 28:18-20 - "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Ethnic map of Asia Minor in 1905–06 With the acceleration of the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the early 19th century, and as a result of the expansionist policies of the Russian Empire in the Caucasus , many Muslim nations and groups in that region, mainly Circassians , Tatars , Azeris , Lezgis , Chechens and several Turkic groups left ...
Asia Minor (ancient) Titolo completo:Asia Minor (ancient) Editore:Chapman and Hall. Dimensione fisica:20 x 30 cm. Scala della mappa:1:2 900 000. La storia. Map provided by David Rumsey. Author is Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) and published by Chapman and Hall in 1844.
Map of Asia Minor provinces. A map showing the provinces of Asia Minor at the time of the New Testament. PDF version (262 KB)