anatolia

تعريف anatolia في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: A peninsula of Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. Bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Armenian Highland to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west; {i} large peninsula which forms the part of Turkey that is in Asia; Asia Minor; the main part of Turkey that is east of the Sea of Marmara. or Asia Minor Turkish Anadolu Peninsula forming the western extremity of Asia. It is bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Aegean Sea to the west. Its eastern boundary is generally marked by the Anti-Taurus Mountains. Anatolia is roughly contiguous with the Asian portion of the modern Republic of Turkey. Because of its location at the point where Asia and Europe meet, it has long been the scene of numerous migrations and conquests. It was the original location of the kingdom of Hittites ( 1700-1180 BC). Later, Indo-European peoples, possibly Thracian, established the Phrygian kingdom. In the 6th century BC the Persian Achaemenian dynasty came to rule the area; it was conquered by Alexander the Great in 334 BC. Beginning in the 1st century BC, the area was absorbed into the Roman Republic and Empire. When the empire split in AD 395, Anatolia became part of the Byzantine Empire. The area endured invasions by Arabs, Turks, Crusaders, Mongols, and the Turkic army of Timur before the Ottoman Empire established full control in the 15th century. From 1923 its history was that of modern Turkey; The peninsula that forms the asian part of Turkey; a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey

anatolia

الواصلة

An·a·to·li·a

التركية النطق

änıtōliı

المترادفات

asia minor

النطق

/ˌanəˈtōlēə/ /ˌænəˈtoʊliːə/

علم أصول الكلمات

() From Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolē, “sunrise, place from where the sun rises, the east”), from ἀνατέλλω (anatellō, “I rise”), from ἀνά (ana, “up”) + τέλλω (tellō, “I perform, accomplish, rise”), because Anatolia was east of Greece.