Asia Minor
Turkey's main landmass
Asia Minor is the historical name for the westernmost peninsula of Asia, roughly corresponding to modern Turkey.
The term distinguishes this region from the Asian continent proper.
Ancient civilizations including the Hittites, Greeks, and Romans occupied the area, and it later formed the heartland of the Ottoman Empire.
The apostle Paul traveled extensively through Asia Minor.
Ancient Anatolian civilization
- TroyAncient Anatolian city
- LydiaTraditional woman's name
- IoniaAncient Aegean coastal region
- EphesusAncient Greek city, Asia Minor
Smyrna · Antioch · Byzantium · Constantinople · Galatia · Cappadocia · Pontus · Halicarnassus
Transcontinental Eurasian republic
- AnkaraTurkey's governmental seat
- IstanbulTurkish city, formerly Constantinople
- IzmirMajor Turkish seaport
- AntalyaTurkish Mediterranean port city
Cappadocia · Ephesus · Turkish · republic · tourism · Gallipoli
Land almost encircled by water
- plateauFlat highland area
- BosphorusStrait linking two seas
- DardanellesNarrow Turkish waterway
- Aegean SeaEastern Mediterranean basin
Mediterranean · Black Sea · steppe · terrain · highlands · valleys · rivers · climate
Act of unearthing
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- potteryFired clay objects
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
tombs · temples · frescoes · mosaics · dig · stratigraphy · Bronze Age · Iron Age
Medieval Turkic ruling dynasty
- OttomanMember of Turkish dynasty
- ConstantinopleHistoric Turkish metropolis
- IstanbulTurkish city, formerly Constantinople
- TopkapiIstanbul imperial palace
Hagia Sophia · sultans · janissaries · caravanserai · dervishes · conquest · caliphate
Hittites
Ancient Anatolian civilization
Ephesus · Smyrna · Antioch · Byzantium · Constantinople · Galatia · Cappadocia · Pontus · Halicarnassus
Turkey
Transcontinental Eurasian republic
- AnkaraTurkey's governmental seat
- IstanbulTurkish city, formerly Constantinople
- IzmirMajor Turkish seaport
Antalya · Cappadocia · Ephesus · Turkish · republic · tourism · Gallipoli
peninsula
Land almost encircled by water
- plateauFlat highland area
- BosphorusStrait linking two seas
- DardanellesNarrow Turkish waterway
Aegean Sea · Mediterranean · Black Sea · steppe · terrain · highlands · valleys · rivers · climate · seismic
excavation
Act of unearthing
inscriptions · tombs · temples · frescoes · mosaics · dig · stratigraphy · Bronze Age · Iron Age · cuneiform
Seljuk
Medieval Turkic ruling dynasty
- OttomanMember of Turkish dynasty
- ConstantinopleHistoric Turkish metropolis
- IstanbulTurkish city, formerly Constantinople
Topkapi · Hagia Sophia · sultans · janissaries · caravanserai · dervishes · conquest · caliphate
- World RegionsEurope, Africa, Australia, Oceania, East Africa
- turkeyIstanbul, Ankara, turkey breast, turkey leg, turkey legs
- Byzantine EmpireConstantinople, Byzantine Empire, Thrace, Theodora, Hagia Sophia
- AnatoliaAnkara, Cappadocia, Istanbul, Izmir, Constantinople
- Ancient GeographyMediterranean, Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Black Sea, Nile
- ancient mapsold maps, nautical charts, world maps, ancient maps, portolan charts
Asia MinorEurope
Smallest inhabited continent
Greece · Thrace · Continental Europe · Italia · Western Europe
Asia MinorCentral Asia
Continental interior between Russia and Iran
miniature, minimum, minimize, ministry, administration, Asia, administrator, Asian, minutiae