Asia Minor

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geographical region historical region

Asia Minor is a historical region in western Anatolia, corresponding largely to modern-day Turkey, that served as a crossroads of ancient Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern civilizations.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Asia Minor canonical	535
Anatolia	13
Aegean region	2
Cilicia	2
Aegean region (uncertain)	1
Asia Minor (attributed, not clearly attested)	1
Asia Minor (western coastal regions)	1
Asia Minor Peninsula	1
Asia Minor by Mytilini Strait	1
Byzantine Anatolia	1
Western Anatolia	1
northern Asia Minor	1
northwestern Asia Minor	1
western Anatolia	1
western Asia Minor	1
Μικρά Ασία	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
approximateArea	about 750,000 square kilometers ⓘ
borderedBy	Aegean Sea ⓘ Black Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Sea of Marmara ⓘ
containedCity	Antioch ⓘ Byzantium ⓘ Ephesus ⓘ Iconium ⓘ Miletus ⓘ Nicaea ⓘ Pergamon ⓘ Smyrna ⓘ Troy ⓘ
containedRegion	Bithynia ⓘ Cappadocia ⓘ Caria ⓘ Galatia ⓘ Ionia ⓘ Lycia ⓘ Lydia ⓘ Pamphylia ⓘ Phrygia ⓘ Pontus ⓘ
historicalNameOf	Asia Minor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anatolia
hosted	Seven Churches of Asia ⓘ
knownAs	Asia Minor ⓘ surface form: Anatolia Asia Minor ⓘ surface form: Asia Minor Peninsula
languageInHistory	Armenian ⓘ Greek ⓘ Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ surface form: Hittite Latin ⓘ Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ surface form: Luwian Turkish ⓘ
locatedIn	Asia Minor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anatolia Asia Minor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Anatolia
locatedOn	continent of Asia ⓘ
modernCountryContains	Turkey ⓘ
partOf	modern Turkey ⓘ
separatedBy	Bosporus ⓘ Dardanelles ⓘ Sea of Marmara ⓘ
separatedFrom	Balkans ⓘ Europe ⓘ
wasConqueredBy	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Alexander the Great ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Seljuk Sultanate of Rum ⓘ surface form: Seljuk Turks
wasCoreTerritoryOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
wasCrossroadsOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Byzantine civilization Greek civilization ⓘ Islamic civilization ⓘ Ancient Mediterranean world ⓘ surface form: Near Eastern civilizations Roman civilization ⓘ
wasImportantFor	spread of Christianity ⓘ trade routes between Europe and Asia ⓘ
wasProvinceOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (564)

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

Department of Greek and Roman Art → collectionRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

Eastern Mediterranean → adjacentTo → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolia

Roman Empire → territoryIncludes → Asia Minor ⓘ

Koine Greek → usedInRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

Department of Islamic Art → coversRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolia

Middle East → historicalRegionIncludes → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolia

Ottoman Empire → historicalRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolia

Ancient Greek religion → practicedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Anacreon → birthRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

Acts of the Apostles → majorLocation → Asia Minor ⓘ

Sufism → geographicDistribution → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolia

Roman roads → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Hellenistic Jews → geographicDistribution → Asia Minor ⓘ

Anatolian languages → region → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolia

Anatolian languages → region → Asia Minor ⓘ

Apostle Paul → birthPlace → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cilicia

Apostle Paul → activityRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

Thuluth script → regionOfProminence → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolia

Armenian Rite → geographicCenter → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cilicia

Greek Antiquity → hasRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

Diwani script → region → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolia

Asia Minor → locatedIn → Asia Minor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolia

Asia Minor → locatedIn → Asia Minor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Anatolia

Asia Minor → historicalNameOf → Asia Minor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolia

Asia Minor → knownAs → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolia

Asia Minor → knownAs → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asia Minor Peninsula

Izmir → partOf → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolia

Cyrus the Great → territoryRuled → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolia

Trajan → deathPlace → Asia Minor ⓘ

Anaxagoras → birthPlace → Asia Minor ⓘ

Peloponnesian War → place → Asia Minor ⓘ

Romaniote Jews → historicalCenter → Asia Minor ⓘ

Apollo → worshipRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

Dionysus → cultCenter → Asia Minor ⓘ

Irenaeus of Lyons → birthPlace → Asia Minor ⓘ

Nicomedia (traditionally) → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

subject surface form: Nicomedia

Lesbos → separatedFrom → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asia Minor by Mytilini Strait

Polycarp of Smyrna → associatedWith → Asia Minor ⓘ

church in Smyrna → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Leto → worshippedAt → Asia Minor ⓘ

church in Thyatira → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World → regionCovered → Asia Minor ⓘ

Noetus of Smyrna → region → Asia Minor ⓘ

Basil of Caesarea → regionOfActivity → Asia Minor ⓘ

Ionia → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Anatolia

Ionia → partOf → Asia Minor ⓘ

Praxeas → associatedWith → Asia Minor ⓘ

Timothy → fromRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

Julio-Claudian dynasty → territoryIncludes → Asia Minor ⓘ

Diocletian's price edict → archaeologicalEvidenceFoundIn → Asia Minor ⓘ