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Ancient regions of Anatolia

February 16, 2024

Ancient Regions of Anatolia

Regions of ancient Anatolia. Borders drawn along the Euphrates and Armenian Highlands in the east, Taurus Mountains, Amanus Mountains (today's Nur Mountains) and Mediterranean Sea in the south and south-east, Pontus Euxinus (Black Sea) to the north, and Aegean Sea, Propontis (Marmara sea), Bosphorus and Thrace in the west. Also can include nearby offshore islands like Cyprus, Lesbos, Chios, Icaria, Samos and Rhodes.

Location Northwestern Middle East

The following is a list of regions of Ancient Anatolia, also known as "Asia Minor," in the present day Anatolia region of Turkey in Western Asia.

Late Bronze Age regions (circa 1200 BC) edit

 
Late Bronze Age regions of Anatolia/Asia Minor (circa 1200 BC) with main settlements.

Regions sometimes included in Anatolia edit

Classical Age regions (circa 200 BC) edit

 
Anatolia/Asia Minor in the Greco-Roman period. The classical regions and their main settlements (circa 200 BC).

Regions sometimes included in Anatolia edit

Note: Over time the regions did not always were the same and had the same size or the same borders and sometimes included different subregions, districts, divisions or parts or were united with others.

The names of many regions ended in "e" [e] that was the Eastern Greek (Attic Ionic Ancient Greek) equivalent to the Western Greek (Doric Greek) "a" [a] and also to the Latin "a" [a]. In Ancient Greek the "ph" represented the consonants p [p] and h [h] pronounced closely and not the f [f] consonant. In Ancient Greek the "y" represented the vowel [y] (ü) and not the semivowel [j] or the vowels [i] or [I].

Byzantine Anatolian Themes (circa 1000 AD) edit

 
Byzantine Anatolian Themata circa 950 A.D
 
The themata of the East Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire), at the death of Basil II in 1025.

The Themata were combined Military and Administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire (East Roman Empire) which replaced the Roman provincial system in the 7th-8th century and reached their height in the 9th and 10th centuries.[1]

Ducates or Catepanates (combined Military and Administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire (East Roman Empire) on border regions that included smaller Themata under the command of a Dux or Katepano)

Regions sometimes included in Anatolia edit

  • Euphrates Cities (Pareuphratídai Póleis) (roughly matching ancient Commagene and part of the Catepanate of Mesopotamia)

References edit

  1. ^ Haldon, John F. (1990). Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of a Culture. Cambridge University Press. pp. 212–216. ISBN 978-0-521-31917-1.

See also edit

External links edit

  •   Media related to Ancient regions of Anatolia at Wikimedia Commons

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ancient regions of Anatolia news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2024 Learn how and when to remove this template message Ancient Regions of AnatoliaRegions of ancient Anatolia Borders drawn along the Euphrates and Armenian Highlands in the east Taurus Mountains Amanus Mountains today s Nur Mountains and Mediterranean Sea in the south and south east Pontus Euxinus Black Sea to the north and Aegean Sea Propontis Marmara sea Bosphorus and Thrace in the west Also can include nearby offshore islands like Cyprus Lesbos Chios Icaria Samos and Rhodes Location Northwestern Middle EastThe following is a list of regions of Ancient Anatolia also known as Asia Minor in the present day Anatolia region of Turkey in Western Asia Contents 1 Late Bronze Age regions circa 1200 BC 1 1 Regions sometimes included in Anatolia 2 Classical Age regions circa 200 BC 2 1 Regions sometimes included in Anatolia 3 Byzantine Anatolian Themes circa 1000 AD 3 1 Regions sometimes included in Anatolia 4 References 5 See also 6 External linksLate Bronze Age regions circa 1200 BC edit nbsp Late Bronze Age regions of Anatolia Asia Minor circa 1200 BC with main settlements Alasiya Alashiya later Cyprus in the Classical Age to the south of mainland Anatolia or Asia Minor Assuwa roughly most part of West Asia Minor Anatolia it was a confederation or league of 22 ancient Anatolian states that formed some time before 1400 BC may have been the origin of the name Asia Adadura Alatra Assuwa Proper Dura Dunda Ḥalluwa Ḥuwallusiya Karakisa Karkiya later Caria in the Classical Age Kispuwa Kuruppiya Land of Mount Pahurina Luissa a name ending in luissa or the whole name Luissa Lukka Lugga later Lycia in the Classical Age Parista Pasuhalta Taruisa later Troas Troad in the Classical Age Wilusa Wilusiya was the capital has been identified with the city called Ilion Troy by the Greeks Wilusa was the capital of Taruisa has been identified with the city called Ilion Troy by the Greeks Unaliya Warsiya Warsiyalla Warsiya Warsiyalla a name probably ending in wwa Unknown an obliterated name Unknown an obliterated name Unknown an obliterated name Arzawa roughly part of West Asia Minor Anatolia it was formed in the second half of the 2nd millennium BC roughly from the late 15th century BC until the beginning of the 12th century BC Contemporary to Assuwa in Western Anatolia capital was known as Apasa by the Hittites later called Ephesos by the Greeks Arzawa Proper may have been the classical region called Lydia or Maeonia the then capital was known as Apasa by the Hittites later called Ephesos by the Greeks Classical Age capital of Lydia or Maeonia was Sardis and not Ephesus that was then a Greek city Included several of the same regions or lands as the Assuwa League but not the ones that are mentioned below Known western Anatolian late Bronze Age regions and or political entities which to date have not been cited as having been part of the Arzawa complex are Karkiya later Caria in the Classical Age one of its main coastal cities was called Millawanda by the Hittites later called Miletos by the Greeks Lukka Lugga later Lycia in the Classical Age Masa Land of Masa later Mysia in the Classical Age Hittite Arzawa Hittite Assuwa formed by three western provinces after Hittite Empire conquest roughly most of Asia Minor Anatolia it was almost identical to the Assuwa League lands or regions more than to Arzawa that seems to have been smaller and less powerful Hapalla Haballa Eastern Arzawa may have been the upper Sangarios river today s Sakarya basin and the classical regions or parts of east Phrygia western Galatia and also Masa or Mysia Appawiya Abbawiya may have been later Abbaitis in the Classical Age Hulana River Land Masa or Mysia Phrygia East Classical Pitassa Upper Sangarios river basin known as Saḫiriya by the Hittites Walma Mira Mira Kuwaliya Southern Arzawa Caria bordered by or containing parts of Lukka Lycia Caria Zippasla Lukka Lycia Kuwaliya later Cabalia in the Classical Age Kuwaliya gt Kubaliya gt Kabaliya Cabalia Siyanta Siyanda Seha Seha River Land Northern Arzawa Lydia or Maeonia Seha probably was the river that Greeks called Hermos today s Gediz flowed Sardis Lydian 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 Sfard City on Hermos River May share etymology with Seha Lazpa later Lesbos Island in the Classical Age Lydia Maeonia Azzi Hayasa Hayasa Azzi later Lesser Armenia Armenia Minor in the Classical Age Hatti Land of Hatti Broad Sense Central Anatolia including the lands that were Hittite or Nesite speaking at the height of the Hittite Empire and was also used as synonym of Hittite Empire and countries and regions lands ruled by it Hatti Land of Hatti Narrow Sense Ancient country or land of Central Anatolia defined by the Halys river bend called Marassanta or Marassantiya by the Hittites it was the core land of the Hittite empire and was also used as synonym of Hittite Empire and countries and regions ruled by it later it was part of Cappadocia and West Pontus Hattusa capital of the Hittite Empire for longest time Katerra Udne Lowland in Hittite Plateau of Central Anatolia later mostly part of Cappadocia and may have included some parts of Lycaonia or not Lycaonia was mostly Luwian speaking or to a more closely related language and not Hittite Nesite speaking German name on the map Unteres Land Katerra Udne was possibly related to the name Katta Peda Place Below or Place Down from katta below or down and peda place that originated the name Cappadocia through the possible phonetic change Katt a peda gt Kat peda gt Kat pata gt Kat patu ka gt Kat patuka gt Kappaduka borrowed to Greek as Kappadokia Purushanda an important city in Katerra Udne Lowland Kussara Kusshara country in East Anatolia south of the Marassantiya Halys river to the east of Nesa region or country Nesa original land of the Hittites Nesites who called themselves by the name Nesumines people from Nesa and their language Nesili language from Nesa Nesa was the name not only of a city but also of a region or country south of the middle Marassantiya Halys river course Nesa city Kanesh city first capital of the Hittites and Hittite Empire was the capital of the region of the same name Sarazzi Udne Highland in Hittite Mountains of East Anatolia especially the upper Marassantiya Halys basin later part of Cappadocia West Pontus and Lesser Armenia Armenia Minor German name on the map Oberes Land Zalpa Zalpuwa Land of Zalpa region country on the Anatolian Asia Minor Black Sea Pontus Euxinos coast part of south coast of the Black Sea Hittites called the Black Sea Zalpa Sea or Sea of Zalpa Zalpa Zalpuwa city a yet undiscovered Bronze Age Anatolian city that was the capital of the region of the same name Kaska Kaska Land East Pontus in the Classical Age country or region of the Kaska people they could be descendants or related to the Hattians Luwiya Luwa seems to have included most part of Southern and Southeastern Anatolia that was Luwian speaking it was related but not identical to Assuwa and its contemporary Arzawa in Western Anatolia Hulaya later Isauria in the Classical Age Isuwa later Melitene and Sophene in the Classical Age Melid was its main centre Kammanu region or country and also post Hittite Luwian state in the first millennium BC its main city was Melid later Melitene today s Malatya Kizzuwadna Kizzuwatna Luwian Kizz Uwadna Kizz Uwatna Land on this Side from kizz on this side and uwadna or uwatna land or country Hittite Kez Udne Land on this Side from kez on this side and udne land or country later Cilicia Pedias Cilicia Campestris in the Classical Age Ḫiyawa Adanawa native names by the Luwians Quwe for the Assyrians Hume for the Babylonians Keveh for ancient Israelites Hebrews region or country and also post Hittite Luwian state in the first millennium BC later part of Cilicia Pedias Cilicia Campestris in the Classical Age By the Hittites it was called Danuna Land of the Danuna the region of Adana Adaniya or Ataniya city and region in Cilicia It may have been the region where the people called Denyen by the ancient Egyptians one of the Sea peoples originally came from Khilakku region or country and also post Hittite Luwian state in the first millennium BC later part of Cilicia Pedias Cilicia Campestris in the Classical Age Kurkuma Gurgum region or country and also post Hittite Luwian state in the first millennium BC Tuwana Tuwanuwa later Tyanitis in the Classical Age Tabal region or country and also post Hittite Luwian state in the first millennium BC Tuwana gt Tuwan a gt Tuwan gt Tuban gt Tubal gt Tabal this name may have been the inspiration for the Old Hebrew name Tubal son of Japheth son of Noah in the Bible Tarhuntassa later Cilicia Trachaea Cilicia Aspera Tarhuntassa was the name not only of a city but also of a region or country in south Anatolia Tarhuntassa city Tarhuntas Assa Tarhunt city one of the capitals of Hittite Empire in a country or region of the same name Zanta Uwadna Plateau of Central Anatolia Luwian cognate and equivalent to Hittite Katerra Udne Lowland in Hittite may have included some parts or most part of Lycaonia or not Lycaonia was mostly Luwian speaking or to a more closely related language and not Hittite Nesite speaking German name on the map Unteres Land Pala for the Hittites seems to have included most part of Northern Asia Minor Anatolia between rivers Marassantiya to the east Sahiriya to the west and Zalpa Sea Sea of Zalpa to the north that was Palaic speaking later Paphlagonia in the Classical Age Arawana Kalasma Kassiya Kasula Pala proper later Paphlagonia in the Classical Age Tumanna later Domanitis in the Classical Age Regions sometimes included in Anatolia edit Kummuh Kummaha region or country and also post Hittite Luwian state in the first millennium BC later Commagena in the Classical Age although it was on the south slope of the Taurus Mountains it could be considered geographically in Anatolia Asia Minor Palistin Walistin later Pieria in Classical Age may have been the original region of the Philistines Pattin Pattina later Pieria in Classical Age known as Unqi by the Assyrians Classical Age regions circa 200 BC edit nbsp Anatolia Asia Minor in the Greco Roman period The classical regions and their main settlements circa 200 BC Aeolis named after the Aeolian Greeks that colonized the region Lesbos Armenia Minor Armenia west of the Euphrates river geographically in Anatolia roughly corresponding to ancient Azzi Hayasa or Hayasa Azzi Aeretice AEretice Aetulane AEtulane Orbalisene Orbesine Orsene Bithynia Bithynia Proper named after the Bithyni Cauconia named after the Caucones or Kaukauni Mariandynia named after the Mariandyni Salone Salon Bithynium or Bithynion was its main centre Tarsia Tottaion Thynia named after the Thyni Cappadocia a significant part roughly corresponding to ancient Land of Hatti or Hatti name possibly derived from the Hittite Katta Peda Place Below or Place Down from katta below or down and peda place possible phonetic change Katt a peda gt Kat peda gt Kat pata gt Kat patu ka gt Kat patuka gt Kappaduka borrowed to Greek as Kappadokia Bagadania Bagadoania Chammamene Chammanene Cataonia broad sense During Achaemenid Persian Empire it was its own country or region and not part of Cappadocia Aravene Cataonia Cataonia Proper narrow sense Lavinianesine Lavianesine Laviansene Muriane Murianune Cappadocian Cilicia Mazakene where Mazaka or Caesarea Mazaka was located it is today s Kayseri Nesa was close Garsaouritis Garsauria Melitene Miletene During Achaemenid Persian Empire it was its own country or region and not part of Cappadocia Morimene Pteria Saravene Tarbasthena Sargarausene Tyanitis after Tyana city roughly corresponding to ancient Tuwana Tuwanuwa region Caria Peraea Cilicia Cilicia Pedias Cilicia Campestris roughly corresponding to ancient Kizzuwadna Bryelice Bryelica Cilicia Trachaea Cilicia Aspera roughly corresponding to ancient Tarhuntassa later Cilicia Aspera was included in Isauria Characine Lalassis Lamotis Kennatis Ketis Selenitis after Selinus city Cyprus roughly corresponding to ancient Alasiya part or the whole island Doris named after the Dorian Greeks that colonized the region Cos Doric Hexapolis Rhodes Galatia named after the Galatians a Celtic people that arrived in Central Anatolia by the early 3rd century BC it didn t exist until then and was made by Galatian conquests of parts of Phrygia and Cappadocia Tolistobogii Tolistobogioi subregion Western Galatia where Gordion Gordium ancient Phrygian capital was located Pessinus was Tolisbogii capital Comata Komata Gordiana was part of Phrygia until Galatian conquest where Gordion Gordium ancient Phrygian capital was located Pancaleia Pankaleia was part of Phrygia until Galatian conquest Proseilemmene Proseilimmene was part of Phrygia until Galatian conquest Tectosages subregion Central Galatia where Ancyra was located today s Ankara Komodromos was part of Cappadocia until Galatian conquest Sanisene was part of Cappadocia until Galatian conquest Trocmi Trokmoi subregion Eastern Galatia where Tavium was located close to ancient Hattusa Ximene was part of Cappadocia until Galatian conquest Ionia named after the Ionian Greeks that colonized the region Chios Icaria Ikaria Samos Isauria Lycaonia Antiochiana Axylos Lycia Cabalia roughly corresponding to ancient Kuwaliya Milyas region dwelt by the Milyae that descend from the Solymi Lydia Maeonia Katakekaumene Mysia Coastal Phrygia also known as Phrygia Hellespontica or as Phrygia Epictetus after the annexation by the Kingdom of Pergamum roughly corresponding to ancient Masa Phrygia Minor northern part of Mysia Lentiana Phrygia Maior Phrygia Pergamene southern part of Mysia Abrettene Morene Olympene Teuthrania sometimes included in Lydia Pergamon that was capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon was in this land Pamphylia Paphlagonia roughly corresponding to ancient Pala Blaene Cimiatene Domanitis roughly corresponding to ancient Tumanna Enetia Henetia named after the Eneti or Heneti Marmolitis Pimolisene Potamia Timonitis Phrygia Inland Phrygia Pacatiana Phrygia Pacatiana Western Phrygia Abbaitis roughly corresponding to ancient Abbawiya or Appawiya Azanitis Salutaris Phrygia Salutaris Eastern Phrygia Pisidia Paroreios Parorea Pontus Western Pontus During Achaemenid Persian Empire it was part of Cappadocia roughly corresponding to ancient Land of Zalpa Zalpa or Zalpuwa was its main centre Chiliokomon Camisene Kamisene Comisene Colopene Kolopene Culupene Calupene Daximonitis Diacopene Gadilonitis Gazelonitis Phanaraea Phazemonitis Saramene Themiscyra Tibarenia named after the Tibareni believed to be of Scythian origin by several classical authors like Herodotus Xenophon and Strabo Eastern Pontus roughly corresponding to ancient Kaska Land inhabited by the Kaska people inhabited by several peoples Byzeria named after the Byzeres Chaldia named after the Chalybes Macronia named after the Macrones ancestors of Mingrelians part of the Zan Marria named after the Marres Moschia named after the Moschi or Moschoi who may have been a northern branch of the Eastern Mushki and related to Mysians and Armenians Mossynoecia named after the Mossynoeci Sannia named after the Sanni ancestors of the Zan including Mingrelians and Lazs Troas Troad sometimes included in Mysia SigreneRegions sometimes included in Anatolia edit Commagene roughly corresponding to ancient Kummaha or Kummuh although it was on the south slope of the Taurus Mountains it could be considered geographically in Anatolia Asia Minor however it was administratively included in Roman Syria far northern area by the Roman Empire Pieria part of ancient Palistin although administratively in Roman Syria on the border area it was on the west slope of the Amanus mountains and sometimes it was included in Cilicia Pedias Note Over time the regions did not always were the same and had the same size or the same borders and sometimes included different subregions districts divisions or parts or were united with others The names of many regions ended in e e that was the Eastern Greek Attic Ionic Ancient Greek equivalent to the Western Greek Doric Greek a a and also to the Latin a a In Ancient Greek the ph represented the consonants p p and h h pronounced closely and not the f f consonant In Ancient Greek the y represented the vowel y u and not the semivowel j or the vowels i or I Byzantine Anatolian Themes circa 1000 AD edit nbsp Byzantine Anatolian Themata circa 950 A D nbsp The themata of the East Roman Empire Byzantine Empire at the death of Basil II in 1025 The Themata were combined Military and Administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire East Roman Empire which replaced the Roman provincial system in the 7th 8th century and reached their height in the 9th and 10th centuries 1 Aegean Sea was a naval theme which included the modern Greek islands of Lesbos Chios and the Cyclades the coastal areas of Troad and Mysia as well as the Hellespont or modern day Dardanelles and the Gallipoli Peninsula Main cities included Abydos Hellespont Cyzicus and Kallipolis Anatolic Theme Armeniac Theme Bucellarian Theme Cappadocia theme Chaldia Theme Charsianon Cibyrrhaeot Theme Cyprus theme the island could be included in Asia Minor or Anatolia although not continental Koloneia theme Lykandos Mesopotamia theme Opsikion Optimatoi Paphlagonia theme Iberia which incorporated the historical region of Phasiane Samos theme Sebasteia theme Seleucia theme Thracesian ThemeDucates or Catepanates combined Military and Administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire East Roman Empire on border regions that included smaller Themata under the command of a Dux or Katepano Ducate or Catepanate of Antioch Kilikia Cilicia Ducate or Catepanate of Chaldia Chaldia Theme Koloneia theme Ducate or Catepanate of Mesopotamia Melitene Mesopotamia roughly matching East Melitene Keltzine on the western banks of the Euphrates on the Anatolian side Regions sometimes included in Anatolia edit Euphrates Cities Pareuphratidai Poleis roughly matching ancient Commagene and part of the Catepanate of Mesopotamia References edit Haldon John F 1990 Byzantium in the Seventh Century The Transformation of a Culture Cambridge University Press pp 212 216 ISBN 978 0 521 31917 1 See also editHistorical regions of Anatolia Geography of ancient Anatolia Neo Hittite kingdomsExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Ancient regions of Anatolia at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ancient regions of Anatolia amp oldid 1206074594, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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