ANATÓLIA - ANATOLIA - ANATOLIA

Ἀνατολή, Anatolḗ «East», «Sunrise» ... after Greeks named the Anatolian peninsula as Ἀσία, Asia, «Sunrise» (Nymph of Lydia) that later was named Μικρὰ Ἀσία, Mikrá Asía, Asia Minor.

Troy, Lesbos - Mysia (3.000-700 b.C.)

«Cassandra» Evelyn De Morgan (1898), listen always her prophecy. Here a theatre in Troy


Poems of Sapho of Lesbos Island

Amazons -Themiscyra - Pontus (Legend)

«Amazonomachie, 2ème moitié du IV° s. ap. J.-C., Turquie, Daphné (faubourg d'Antioche sur l'Oronte, actuelle Antakya), fragment de mosaïque de pavement, marbre et calcaire.» by Clio20 (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en



Amazons statues in Amisus, now Samsun (Turkey), near Themiscyra and the mouth of the river Thermodon in Therme (now Terme)

«We have been working on this project for three years. An island and canal were made as part of the project. We also wanted to make a village. Currently we are making the tents and shelters. Once the village is completed, it will be used for both academic and touristic purposes. Visitors will have the opportunity to observe the time period when Amazons live» Samsun Mayor Yusuf Ziya Yılmaz - Anatolia news agency http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=212625

Hattia (2.500-2000 b.C.)
Assyria (1.950-1.750 b.C.)
Hittites (1.680-1.220 b.C.)
Arzawa (1.500-1.320 b.C.)
Mitanni (1.500-1.300 b.C.)

«The Hittite Empire» Sémhur/Ikonact (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

«Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East in 14th century (including Amarna period)» Alexikoua (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

«Map of the near east circa 1400 BCE» Javier Fernandez-Vina (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Lycia (1.450-350 b.C.)
Eternal fire from Chimera Mountain
Assuwa (1.350-1.250 b.C.)
«Assuwa» Diplodoco (Wikipedia)
Phrygia (1.200-700 b.C.)

«Phrygians» Nouveau Larousse Illustre (1894)

Caria (1.150-574 b.C.)

«Map of ancient Caria showing cities» Emma Pease (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

«Theatre in Kaunos» by Hans Heinrich Hoffmann (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Tyana - Tuwanuwa (1.000-700 b.C.)

«The Roman aqueduct of Tyana»

Ionia (1.000-545 b.C.)

«Greek Colonization of western Asia Minor during the Greek Dark Age (or Geometric Age) 11th-8th cent. BC» Alexikoua (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Lydia (685-547 b.C.)

«Byzantine shops — at the archaeological site of Sardis» photo by AtilimGunesBadyn (Wikipedia)

Persian Empire (559-331 b.C.)

«Achaemenid Empire at its maximum extent» Fabienkhan/Mayhaymate (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/deed.en

Mecedon Empire (334-301 b.C.)

«Extent of the empire of Alexander the Great» SilvioRusso (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Seleucid Empire (305-64 b.C.)

«Seleucid Empire in 200 b.C.»Thomas A. Lessman (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Pontus (302-64 b.C.)

«Map of the Kingdom of Pontus» Javier Fernandez-Vina (Wikipedia)

Pergamon (282-129 b.C.)

«Temple of Trajan at Pergamon» photo by Carlos Delgado (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Galatia (281-64 b.C.)

«Celtic Expansion» Alexikoua (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Armenian Empire (190 b.C.-428 a.C.)

«The Empire of Tigran the Great, 95-66 BC» www.amernica.org (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Roman Republic and Empire (133 b.C.-330 a.C.

«Amphitheatres of the Roman Empire in the mid-3rd century CE» Tataryn77 (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

«Façade of the Celsus library, in Ephesus» by Behn LIEU SONG (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.ro

Byzantine Empire (330-1.453 a.C)

«The Byzantine Empire in 650» Justinian43 (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

«L'imperatrice Teodora e la sua corte. Dai mosaici del coro di San Vitale a Ravenna. Eseguito entro l'anno 547»

Empire of Trebizond (1.204-1.261 a.C.)

«Map of the Trebizond Empire in Anatolia, AD 1300» Gabagool (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en

Empire of Nicaea (1.204-1.261 a.C.)

«The Latin Empire and the Partition of the Byzantine Empire after the 4th crusade, c. 1204» Latin Empire (Wikkipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Ottoman Empire (1.299-1.922 a.C.)

«Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent, in 1683» AtilimGunesBaydin/Stevanb/Persia2099/Nedim Ardoğa/Bahramm 2/Hamelin de Guettelet/Lambiam/Spiridon Ion Cepleanu/DragonTiger23

«Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1683» André Koehne (Wikipedia) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.ro

Turkey (after 1.922 a.C.)

Map oof Turkey - Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of United States of America «World Factbook»


Turkish tyrants decovered by Internet ban twiter


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