A Map Of Asia Minor

A Map Of Asia Minor. A color map of Asia Minor showing Turkey, Armenia, News Photo Getty Images Serving as a bridge between Asia and Europe, Anatolia has been an important trade and cultural center throughout its history Anatolia, also called Asia Minor, is the peninsula of land that today constitutes the Asian portion of Turkey

Serving as a bridge between Asia and Europe, Anatolia has been an important trade and cultural center throughout its history Asia Minor also referred to as Anatolia or the Anatolian plateau is the westernmost protrusion of the Asia which comprises mainly of modern day Turkey

Asia Minor Map

Jacopo d'Angelo's Latin translation from the Greek of Ptolemy's Geographia In this article, you can find facts about the history of Anatolia, also known as Asia Minor, along with maps. Anatolia, also called Asia Minor, is the peninsula of land that today constitutes the Asian portion of Turkey

Antique Map of Asia Minor by Cluver (1685). This map showcases key trade routes and centers of commerce that made Asia Minor an economic powerhouse Asia was a term which in the books of the Maccabees actually means Asia Minor, which Antioch III (the Great) had to give up to the Roman province of Asia Proconsularis (formed after 133 B.C.), which embraced the regions of Mysia, Lydia, Caria, and Phrygia (see Rom 16:5; II Tim 1:15; Acts 1:4).

Map of Asia Minor as it was in Roman antiquity. Showing magnified... News Photo Getty Images. Anatolia, also called Asia Minor, is the peninsula of land that today constitutes the Asian portion of Turkey Anatolia (Turkish: Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, [a] is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey.It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Turkish Straits to the northwest, and the Black Sea to the north