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Wikipedia: Anatolia
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Anatolia, also called Asia Minor, is a peninsula, which corresponds today to the Asian portion of Turkey. Because of its strategic location as a crossroads at the intersection point of two continents (Asia and Europe), Anatolia has been a craddle for several civilizations since prehistoric ages. Major civilizations that has located on Anatolia are Hittites, Phryqians, Cimmerians, Lydians, Greeks?, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Seljuk Turks and Ottoman Empire.