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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