Individual #Asia_Minor__Anatolia a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
instance of: peninsula
location of: battle_of_Granicus_River battle_of_Ipsus battle_of_Issus
part of: Asia
part: Phrygia an ancient country in west central Asia Minor
part: Pontus an ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire
part: Aeolis__Aeolia ancient name for the coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos)
part: Lesbos__Lesvos__Mytilene an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
part: Lycia an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor
part: Lydia an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC
part: Troy__Ilion__Ilium an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War
part: Sakartvelo__Georgia a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; a provisional military government; formerly an Asian Soviet
part: Tbilisi__Tiflis__capital_of_Georgia the capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river
part: Abkhazia__Abkhaz an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability
part: Adzhar__Adzharia an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea
part: Turkey__Republic_of_Turkey a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923
part: Dardanelles_campaign__Dardanelles the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks
part: Edirne__Adrianople__Adrianopolis a city in northwestern Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Hadrian
part: Abydos an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander
part: Adana__Seyhan a city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River
part: Ankara__Turkish_capital__capital_of_Turkey the capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats
part: Antalya__Adalia a port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya
part: Antioch__Antakya__Antakiya a town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity
part: Dardanelles__Hellespont the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European from Asian Turkey
part: Istanbul__Stambul__Stamboul__Constantinople the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
part: Bosporus_Bridge a suspension bridge across the Bosporus at Istanbul
part: Bursa__Brusa a city in northwestern Turkey
part: Izmir__Smyrna a port city in western Turkey
part: Aegospotamos__Aegospotami a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War
part: Mount_Ararat__Ararat__Mt._Ararat the mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded
part: Aras__Araxes a river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes
part: Bosporus a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route
part: Euphrates_River__Euphrates a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia
part: Seyhan_River__Seyhan a Turkish river flowing south southwest into the Mediterranean
part: Tigris_River__Tigris an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River
part: Ionia region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks
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