Asia Minor
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Creators: R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
An ancient region, coincident with a peninsula of the continent of Asia. It is bounded on the south by the Mediterranean Sea, on the west by the Aegean Sea, and on the north by the Black Sea. Today it is part of the territory of the modern country of Turkey.
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- Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Natolia (English, AD 1700 - AD 1799)
- Asia Minor abuts Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Asia Minor connection Internum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Asia Minor bounds Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Aeolis part of (regional) Asia Minor (750 BC - AD 640)
- Aizanoi part of (regional) Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Alabanda/Antiocheia Chrysaoron connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Alaca Höyük connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Alişar Höyük connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Amastris/Sesamos connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Arzawa part of (regional) Asia Minor (1600 BC - 1200 BC)
- Asia (Roman province) part of (regional) Asia Minor (330 BC - AD 300)
- Asklepieion connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Bithynion/Claudiopolis/Hadriana connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Cilicia (region) connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Cilicia Pedias part of (regional) Asia Minor (30 BC - AD 300)
- Cilicia Tracheia connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Cnidus (Tekir) part of (physical/topographic) Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Cyzicus connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Gallograecia (region) connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Gangra connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Hattusa connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Heraclea connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Kadoi connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Kotiaeion connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Lycaonia (province) part of (regional) Asia Minor (330 BC - AD 300)
- Lydia/Maionia (region) connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Maşat Höyük connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Nakoleia connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Pergamum part of (physical/topographic) Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Philadelpheia connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Phocaea connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Phrikonis part of (regional) Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Pontus part of (regional) Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Sarissa connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Smyrna/Eurydikeia connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Stratonicaea/Hadrianopolis connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Teos located in Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Thodasa connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Thyateira connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Trapezus connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Troas (region) part of (physical/topographic) Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
peninsula, region
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 1 I3 Asia Minor
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: TKY
R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Asia Minor: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/837> [accessed: 16 July 2026]
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