Anatolia

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geographical region historical region peninsula

Anatolia is a large peninsula in Western Asia that forms most of modern-day Turkey and has long served as a strategic crossroads between Europe and the Middle East.

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All labels observed (23)

Label Occurrences
Anatolia canonical 500
Anatolian Peninsula 6
western Anatolia 4

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Anatolia ⓘ
surface form: Anadolu

Asia Minor ⓘ
borders Aegean Sea ⓘ
Black Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
capitalCityOnItsEdge Ankara ⓘ
conqueredBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Alexander the Great ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Turks

Roman Republic ⓘ
Seljuk Empire ⓘ
surface form: Seljuk Turks
containsAncientCity Cappadocia ⓘ
Ephesus ⓘ
Iconium ⓘ
Pergamon ⓘ
Sardis ⓘ
Troy ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
easternBoundary Armenian Highlands ⓘ
Zagros Mountains ⓘ
formsMostOf territory of modern Turkey ⓘ
hasSubregion Aegean Region ⓘ
Black Sea region ⓘ
surface form: Black Sea Region

Central Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form: Central Anatolia

eastern Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Anatolia

Mediterranean Region of Turkey ⓘ
Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern Anatolia
historicallyInhabitedBy Armenians ⓘ
Greeks ⓘ
Hittite Empire ⓘ
surface form: Hittites

Kurds ⓘ
Luwians ⓘ
Lydian Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Lydians

Phrygians ⓘ
Turks ⓘ
largestCityOnItsEdge Istanbul ⓘ
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Western Asia
modernLanguageMajority Turkish language ⓘ
surface form: Turkish
northernBoundary Pontic Mountains ⓘ
partOf Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Turkey
religiousSignificance early center of Christianity ⓘ
separatedFrom Balkans ⓘ
separatedFromBy Bosporus ⓘ
Dardanelles ⓘ
Sea of Marmara ⓘ
southernBoundary Taurus Mountains ⓘ
strategicRole bridge between Europe and Asia ⓘ
crossroads between Europe and the Middle East ⓘ
timeZone Turkey Time ⓘ
traversedBy Silk Road routes ⓘ
wasCenterOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Hittite Empire ⓘ
Lydian Kingdom ⓘ
Phrygia ⓘ
surface form: Phrygian Kingdom
wasCoreRegionOf Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (536)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gunpowder Empires → hasRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
Aegean Sea → locatedBetween → Anatolia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anatolian Peninsula
Aegean Sea → borderedBy → Anatolia ⓘ
Indo-Europeans → regionOfOriginHypothesis → Anatolia ⓘ
Byzantine Empire → region → Anatolia ⓘ
Islamic world → hasRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
Bronze Age → occursIn → Anatolia ⓘ
Euphrates → passesThrough → Anatolia ⓘ
Byzantine architecture → geographicRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
Ottoman architecture → geographicScope → Anatolia ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire → territoryExtent → Anatolia ⓘ
Silk Road routes → passesThrough → Anatolia ⓘ
Islamic Caliphates → territoryIncludes → Anatolia ⓘ
Konya → locatedIn → Anatolia ⓘ
founding of the Republic of Turkey → location → Anatolia ⓘ
Late Antiquity → hasMajorRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms → territoryIncludes → Anatolia ⓘ
Old Anatolian Turkish → usedIn → Anatolia ⓘ
Old Anatolian Turkish → region → Anatolia ⓘ
Southwestern Turkic → geographicDistribution → Anatolia ⓘ
Ancient Near East collection → focusesOnRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish → primaryRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
First Crusade → location → Anatolia ⓘ
Osman I → birthPlace → Anatolia ⓘ
Sultan → governedTerritory → Anatolia ⓘ
subject surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman lira → usedInRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
Treaty of Sèvres → affectedTerritory → Anatolia ⓘ
Aramaic → historicalRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
Russo-Turkish Wars → conflictRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
Orhan → birthPlace → Anatolia ⓘ
Murad I → expandedTerritoryIn → Anatolia ⓘ
Bayezid I → regionRuled → Anatolia ⓘ
Seljuk Sultanate of Rum → country → Anatolia ⓘ
Selim I → expandedInto → Anatolia ⓘ
Celtic languages → historicalRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
Smyrna → locatedIn → Anatolia ⓘ
Smyrna → region → Anatolia ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Anatolia
Greater Iran → includesRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anatolia (parts)
Bosporus → isBoundaryBetween → Anatolia ⓘ
Ibn Arabi → regionOfActivity → Anatolia ⓘ
Mevleviyya → associatedWith → Anatolia ⓘ
Mevleviyya → regionOfActivity → Anatolia ⓘ
Turks → culturalRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
Asian side of Istanbul → locatedIn → Anatolia ⓘ
pir → appearsInRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
Islamic art → developedInRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
Ottoman sultan → governed → Anatolia ⓘ
Hellenistic period → mainRegion → Anatolia ⓘ
Mycenaean civilization → tradesWith → Anatolia ⓘ
Hittite Empire → locatedIn → Anatolia ⓘ