The earliest representations of culture in Anatolia can be found in several archaeological sites located in the central and eastern part of the region. The prehistory period of Anatolia stretches from 1.2 million years ago through to the appearance of classical civilisation in the middle of the 1 st millennium BC. It is generally regarded as being divided into three ages reflecting the …

History of Anatolia. One of the great crossroads of ancient civilizations is a broad peninsula that lies between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Called Asia Minor (Lesser Asia) by the Romans, the land is the Asian part of modern Turkey, across Thrace. It lies across the Aegean Sea to the east of Greece and is usually known by its ancient name Anatolia.

Anatolia was occupied by Persians during 546-334 B.C. followed by the Hellenistic period (330-30 B.C.) with Alexander the Great’s conquest of the region. Throughout these centuries, Miletus, Priene, Ephesus. and Teos

Anatolia, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey.The region is bounded by the Turkish Straits to the northwest, the Black Sea to the north, the Armenian Highlands to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Aegean Sea to the west.