Difference between revisions of "Asia Minor"
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On the Western side it nearly touches the continent of Europe from which it is separated by the [[Bosporus]], the Sea of Marmara (Propontis) and the Dardanelles ([[Hellespont]]). | On the Western side it nearly touches the continent of Europe from which it is separated by the [[Bosporus]], the Sea of Marmara (Propontis) and the Dardanelles ([[Hellespont]]). | ||
| − | + | Because of its strategic location at the intersection of Asia and Europe, Anatolia has been a cradle for several civilisations since prehistoric ages. | |
Revision as of 19:16, August 8, 2005
Asia Minor describes the peninsula, on the West side of Asia, that starts at an imaginary line from the Gulf of Alexandretta until Trabzon on the Black Sea. It is surrounded by the Black Sea on the North, the Aegean Sea on the West and the Mediterranean on the South. On the Western side it nearly touches the continent of Europe from which it is separated by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara (Propontis) and the Dardanelles (Hellespont).
Because of its strategic location at the intersection of Asia and Europe, Anatolia has been a cradle for several civilisations since prehistoric ages.