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.

Hellenistic religion → hasCulturalContext → Asia Minor ⓘ

Hittite Empire → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Palaic → spokenIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Sidetic → region → Asia Minor ⓘ

Aeolic Greek → spokenIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Lydian → geographicContext → Asia Minor ⓘ

Hittite (Nesite) → region → Asia Minor ⓘ

Licinius → ruledRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

Pontic Greek → historicalRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

John → associatedRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

subject surface form: John of Patmos

Saint Nicholas of Myra → placeOfActivity → Asia Minor ⓘ

Constantinian civil war → location → Asia Minor ⓘ

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities → regionOfFocus → Asia Minor ⓘ

Roman army → operatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Proto-Greek → spokenIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aegean region

works of Herodotus → describesRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

subject surface form: Histories

Johannine community → geographicalContext → Asia Minor ⓘ

Asia → cultCenter → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asia Minor (attributed, not clearly attested)

Tarsus → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Ephesus → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Cleanthes of Assos → birthPlace → Asia Minor ⓘ

Epictetus → birthPlace → Asia Minor ⓘ

Dardanus → migratedTo → Asia Minor ⓘ

Early Christians → spreadToRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

Chalcedon → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Greco-Persian Wars → location → Asia Minor ⓘ

Herodotus → birthPlace → Asia Minor ⓘ

Pamphylia → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Caria → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Pergamon → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Phrygia → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Corinthian War → location → Asia Minor ⓘ

island of Rhodes → locatedNear → Asia Minor ⓘ

subject surface form: Rhodes

William Wilkins → traveledTo → Asia Minor ⓘ

Bithynia → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Iconium → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Pontus → partOf → Asia Minor ⓘ

Lycia → partOf → Asia Minor ⓘ

Cassius Dio → birthRegion → Asia Minor ⓘ

Serapis → worshipSpreadTo → Asia Minor ⓘ

Anatolia → alsoKnownAs → Asia Minor ⓘ

Panticapaeum → tradedWith → Asia Minor ⓘ

Selinus in Cilicia → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Xanthippus → deathPlace → Asia Minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aegean region (uncertain)

Clazomenae → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Diogenes of Sinope → birthPlace → Asia Minor ⓘ

Asian campaign → location → Asia Minor ⓘ

Lampsacus → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

Battle of Granicus → locatedIn → Asia Minor ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of the Granicus

Hellenica → setIn → Asia Minor ⓘ