Asia Minor

  • Asia Minor, also known as Anatolia, is a peninsular which protrudes from the Asian continent, and consists mostly of modern day Turkey. Anatolia means East in Greek.
  • It was also known as the Land of the Hatti meaning the Land of the Hittites, who had their capital Hattusa, located at Bogazkale, 121 miles (194km) east of Ankara.

 

Hattusa

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