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 Sea and Sea of Marmara.

21/05/2018 · Anatolia, also known as Asia Minor, is a large, mountainous peninsula of approximately 755,000 square kilometers (291,500 square miles) that extends from the Caucasus and Zagros mountains in the east and is bordered by the Black Sea on the north, the Aegean Sea on the west, and the Mediterranean Sea on the south. It comprises more than 95 percent of …

Anatolia (ăn'ətō`lēə) [Gr.,=sunrise], Asian part of Turkey, usually synonymous with Asia Minor Asia Minor, great peninsula, c.250,000 sq mi (647,500 sq km), extreme W Asia, generally coterminous with Asian Turkey, also called Anatolia. It is washed by the Black Sea in the north, the Mediterranean Sea in the south, and the Aegean Sea in the west.

04/11/2021 · The (Indian) Deccan Peninsula is the largest peninsula comprised of a single country: Surrounded by Arabian Sea to the West, Bay of Bengal to the east and Indian Ocean to the south, the Indian Peninsula is the largest single country peninsula as the question asks and the overall second largest peninsula in the world, behind the Arabian Peninsula which consists of …

12/12/2016 · Antalya, Turkey’s most popular holiday city, is also located within the borders of Lycia. There are many ruins in Lycia such as Xanthos, Olympos, Phasalis and Myra. Hattusa, located in the middle of the map of Asia Minor, was the ancient capital of the Hittites.

The Anatolian peninsula, comprising most of modern Turkey, is one of the oldest permanently settled regions in the world. Various ancient Anatolian populations have lived in Anatolia, from at least the Neolithic until the Hellenistic period. Many of these peoples spoke the Anatolian languages, a branch of the larger Indo-European language family: and, given the antiquity of the …