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Anatolia

Also known as Asian Turkey, Anatolian Peninsula, Asia Minor, Anadolu, Asiatic Turkey, Natolia, Turkey in Asia

Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Turkish Straits to the northwest, and the Black Sea to the north. The eastern and southeastern limits have been expanded either to the entirety of Asiatic Turkey or to an imprecise line from the Black Sea to the Gulf of Alexandretta. Topographically, the Sea of Marmara connects the Black Sea with the Aegean Sea through the Bosporus an

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Anatolia, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in West Asia that forms the majority of Turkey's territory, bordered by the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Black Seas. It is geographically significant as the westernmost extension of Asia, though its exact eastern boundaries have been defined differently throughout history.

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Islands.image_map_caption: Map of Anatolia (dark green), which according to one definition is delineated by an imprecise line from the Gulf of Alexandretta to the Black Sea. According to another definition, it is coterminous with the Asian part of Turkey.
Islands.etymology: 'The East' (from , )
Islands.location: West Asia
Islands.island_type: Peninsula
Islands.area_km2: 537,886
Islands.country_largest_city: Ankara
Islands.country_largest_city_population: 5,803,482
Islands.demonym: Anatolian
Islands.timezone1: TRT
Islands.utc_offset1: +03:00
Islands.image_map: Map of the geographic region of Anatolia.png
Islands.name: Anatolia

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Area: 756000
Image: Reservoir-in-Taurus-Mountains.jpg

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Commons category: Anatolia
native label: Anadolu

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Contents

Geography
Etymology
Names
History
Prehistoric Anatolia
Ancient Anatolia
Hattians and Hurrians
Hittites, Luwians, and Palaians
Post-Hittite Anatolia (12th–6th centuries BCE)
Early Greek presence
Classical Anatolia
Hellenistic period
Early Christian period
Medieval period
Ottoman Empire
Modern times
Geology
Climate
Ecoregions
Demographics
See also
Explanatory notes
References
Citations
Sources
Further reading
External links

During the Neolithic period, Anatolia was an early center for the development of farming after it originated in the adjacent Fertile Crescent. Beginning around 9,000 years ago, there was a major migration of Anatolian neolithic farmers into Europe, with their descendants coming to dominate the continent as far west as the Iberian Peninsula and the British Isles.