As a bridge between Asia and Europe, Anatolia was a meeting point of many cultures and it was a place of birth of many important civilizations. Between ca. 11,000 and 9000 B.C. in Anatolia the first permanent villages was emerged in southeastern and central Anatolia. Then the Hittites established the first state in Anatolia.

A civilization similar to this one was lived in Troy II during the same age in Anatolia. Already in late prehistoric times, occupation by cave dwellers in various sub regions set the stage for Anatolia's emergence as a center of the agricultural revolution identified with the NEOLITHIC PERIOD.

The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (Turkish: Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi) is located on the south side of Ankara Castle in the Atpazarı area in Ankara, Turkey. It consists of the old Ottoman Mahmut Paşa bazaar storage building, and the Kurşunlu Han. Because of Atatürk's desire to establish a Hittite museum, the buildings were bought ...

The Anatolian Principalities during the Iron Age 1,200 - 700 BC Urartu Civilization: 900 - 600 BC The Civilization of Phrygia: 750 - 300 BC Lydia, Caria and Lycia Civilizations 700 - 300 BC Ionian Civilization: 1,050 - 300 BC Persian Conquest: 545 - 333 BC Hellenistic And Roman Age 333 BC - 395 AD Byzantine Civilization: 330 - 1453 AD

Anatolia, Turkish Anadolu, also called Asia Minor, the peninsula of land that today constitutes the Asian portion of Turkey.Because of its location at the point where the continents of Asia and Europe meet, Anatolia was, from the beginnings of civilization, a crossroads for numerous peoples migrating or conquering from either continent.. This article discusses the history and …