Anatolia

Q: Where is Anatolia located?

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.

Q: When did the Mongols rule Anatolia?

In 1243 the Seljuq sultan Ghiyās̄ al-Dīn Kay-Khusraw II was crushed by the Mongol commander Bayjū at Köse Dağ between Sivas and Erzincan, and the Anatolian Seljuqs became vassals to the Mongols. In 1335 Mongol power collapsed, clearing the way for the political fragmentation of the beylik (principality) period in Anatolia and the rise of the Ottoman Empire.

Q: When did the Phrygians arrive in Anatolia?

Greek tradition usually dates the migration of the Phrygians to Anatolia from Europe to roughly the period of the Trojan War in the early 12th century BCE.

Q: When did Anatolia become part of the Ottoman Empire?

Turkish tribes created the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia, and it grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. The Ottoman period spanned more than 600 years and came to an end in 1922, when it was replaced by the Turkish Republic.

historical region, Asia

Also known as: Anadolu, Asia Minor

Written by Philo H.J. Houwink ten Cate, John Frederick Haldon, Donald Fyfe EastonSee All

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Last Updated: May 9, 2023 • Article History

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Where is Anatolia located?

When did the Mongols rule Anatolia?

When did the Phrygians arrive in Anatolia?

When did Anatolia become part of the Ottoman Empire?

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 cultures of ancient Anatolia beginning in prehistoric times and including the Hittite empire, the Achaemenian and Hellenistic periods, and Roman, Byzantine, and Seljuq rule. For later periods, see Ottoman Empire and Turkey, history of. Anatolia may be defined in geographic terms as ...(100 of 19433 words)

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