Zagros Mountains — Topographic map of Iran with the Zagros Mountains The Zagros Mountains from space, September 1992 … Wikipedia
Geography of Turkey — Turkey is situated in Anatolia and Southeastern Europe (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosphorus is geographically part of Europe, and Anatolia is part of Southwestern Asia), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and… … Wikipedia
Anatolia — /an euh toh lee euh/, n. a vast plateau between the Black and the Mediterranean seas: in ancient usage, synonymous with the peninsula of Asia Minor; in modern usage, applied to Turkey in Asia. Cf. Asia Minor. * * * or Asia Minor Turkish Anadolu… … Universalium
Constantine I, Prince of Armenia — For other uses, see Constantine of Armenia (disambiguation). Constantine I Lord of Cilicia / “Lord of the Mountains” Reign 1095 – c. 1100/1102/1103 Born 1035 1040/1050 1055 Birthplace (unknown) … Wikipedia
Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… … Universalium
Moschia — (Meskheti, Mushki) is a mountainous region of Georgia between Iberia, Armenia, and Colchis. The Moschian Mountains were the connecting chain between the Caucasus and Anti Taurus Mountains. The people of that area were known as the Moschi. Wilhelm … Wikipedia
Isuwa — (transcribed Išuwa and sometimes rendered Ishuwa) was the ancient Hittite name for one of its neighboring Anatolian kingdoms to the east, in an area which later became the Luwian Neo Hittite state of Kammanu. The land The land of Isuwa was… … Wikipedia
Comana Pontica — Comana or Pontic Comana (Greek: Κόμανα Ποντική) was an ancient city of Pontus, said to have been colonized from Comana in Cappadocia. It stood on the river Iris (the modern Yeşilırmak), and from its central position was, according to the ancient… … Wikipedia
Hittites — For the people of the Hebrew Bible, see Biblical Hittites. The Hittites were a Bronze Age people of Anatolia. They established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north central Anatolia c. the 18th century BC. The Hittite empire reached its… … Wikipedia
Seyhan River — The Seyhan River (formerly written Seihan, Sihun) is a 560 km long river in Adana Province, Turkey. It flows southwest from its headwaters in the Tahtalı Mountains (provinces Sivas and Kayseri) in Anti Taurus Mountains to the Mediterranean Sea… … Wikipedia