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Asia Minor (general region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 035 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Region and peninsula in the extreme western part of the continent of Asia, roughly coextensive with 3/5 of modern Turkey. It was for centuries a crossroads for eastern and western cultures. It was ruled by Hittites, Greeks, Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Byzantines and Turks. |
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| Asia Minor (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,B)
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| Asia Menor (C,O)
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| Kleinasien (C,O)
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| Asie Mineure (C,O)
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| Anatolian (C,O)
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| Anatolē (C,V)
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| Anatolian Plateau (C,V,English,U)
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| אסיה הקטנה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Anadol (H,O)
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| Anadoli (H,O)
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| Anadolu (H,V,Turkish,U)
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| Anatolia (H,V)
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| Anatolie (H,O)
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| Anatolien (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| general region (preferred, C) |
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ruled beginning ca. 1800 BC by the Hittite empire |
| region (geographic) (C) |
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