Asia Minor yog ib ceg av qab teb uas tau ntxuav los ntawm plaub lub hiav txwv ib zaug - Marmara, Mediterranean, Dub, Aegean, nrog rau ob qhov chaw nto moo - Dardanelles thiab Bosphorus, uas cais Europe thiab Asia. Nws nyob deb heev, piv rau lwm qhov ntawm Asia, thawb mus rau sab hnub poob, thiab tawm ntawm nws ntug dej hiav txwv yog Rhodes, Cyprus thiab lwm cov Islands tuaj.
Asia Minor ntev txog ib txhiab mais thiab mus txog rau puas qhov dav. Nws thaj chaw yog ntau tshaj li 500 txhiab square meters ntawm lub roob siab, qhov tseem ceeb ntawm uas yog nyob rau hauv lub Armenian thiab Asia Minor highlands, bordered los ntawm sab qaum teb los ntawm lub Pontic Toj siab, thiab nyob rau hauv sab qab teb los ntawm Taurus.
Cov ceg av qab teb ntawm Asia Minor yog npog nrog cov nroj tsuag Mediterranean raws nws ntug dej hiav txwv. Cov hav zoov ntawm nws tsuas yog thaj chaw me me xwb, uas ntxiv rau cov xwm txheej ntuj, kuj yog qhov tshwm sim ntawm lawv qhov kev tua mus ntev.
Nyob rau thaj tsam sab hnub poob ntawm cov ceg av qab teb ntawm Asia Me, muaj ntau lub roob uas nyob ib sab mus rau Hiav Txwv Aegean, uas yog vim li cas qhov no ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv tau sib cais thiabtsim cov bays tob thiab xis nyob. Ntawm no (nyob rau sab hnub poob) yog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws Turkish chaw nres nkoj - Izmir.
Yog koj saib daim duab qhia chaw no, cov ceg av qab teb yuav zoo li daim duab plaub ntawm nws.
In antiquity - ua ntej xyoo pua 4 BC. - nws hu ua Anatolia.
Feem ntau, ntawm lub sijhawm sib txawv ntawm nws keeb kwm, Asia Minor yog ib feem lossis tag nrho ntawm cov xeev xws li Hittite, Lydian, Great thiab Tsawg Armenia, Cilicia, Rome thaum ub, Lub Hwj Chim ntawm Macedonian, Byzantium thiab lwm yam.
Txawm li cas los xij, cov neeg muaj hwj chim tshaj plaws nyob hauv Asia Minor yog cov neeg Hittites, thiab sab hnub tuaj, cov Armenians, uas nyob ntawm no mus txog rau xyoo 1905.
Lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev lag luam thiab, yog li ntawd, hauv kev txhim kho kab lis kev cai ntawm Anatolia tau ua si los ntawm cov peev txheej ntuj ntawm cov ceg av qab teb, qhov kev xav tau uas maj mam nce nrog kev loj hlob ntawm kev vam meej. Loj deposits ntawm hlau, nrog rau tooj liab, tau muab zais nyob rau hauv qhov tob ntawm ancient Anatolia. Tag nrho cov kev nplua nuj no coj cov tub lag luam los ntawm ntau lub teb chaws, suav nrog Middle East, mus rau ceg av qab teb.
Kev pauv rau cov tooj liab nyoos thiab lwm yam khoom siv, cov tub lag luam txawv teb chaws tau xa mus rau Anatolia zoo nkauj Mesopotamian wool thiab linen fabrics, nrog rau ntau cov tin, yog li tsim nyog rau kev ua tooj liab.
Muaj ntau lub nroog qub qub nyob hauv thaj chaw Anatolia, tab sis tej zaum qhov nto moo tshaj plaws ntawm lawv yog lub peev ntawm lub xeev muaj zog - Lydia - lub nroog qub nyob rau hauv Asia Minor ntawm ntug dej ntawm cov kub bearingtus dej Paktol, hu ua qhov chaw uas thawj cov nyiaj thiab kub npib nyob rau hauv keeb kwm ntawm noob neej pib minted. Sardis kuj tau nto moo hauv keeb kwm raws li qhov chaw uas Adios thiab tus huab tais nplua nuj Croesus kav.
Tsis muaj npe nrov yog lwm lub nroog qub hauv Asia Me - Ankara. Nws yog thawj zaug hais nyob rau hauv chronicles nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua 7th BC. Nws nyob ntawm kev sib tshuam ntawm ob txoj kev lag luam loj txuas Asia nrog Europe.
Cov pej xeem ntawm peb lub tebchaws kuj paub zoo txog Asia Me, thiab txhua tus ua tsaug rau qhov tseeb tias nws nyob ntawm nws thaj chaw uas cov chaw so nrov xws li Alanya, Antalya, Kemer, Belek, Sab thiab lwm yam nyob, thiab sab qab teb - zoo nkauj Cyprus.
