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Ancient Asia Minor Map

From N.S. Gill, About.com

This map, from an Ancient Greece site, is in the public domain and comes from the 1886 Ginn & Company Classical Atlas by Keith Johnston.
Map of Ancient Asia MinorPublic Domain
Map of Ancient Asia Minor
Anatolia is now the portion of Turkey that is in Asia. Asia Minor is the Latin name for Anatolia. The Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea are on its borders. Colchis, where the mythical Medea came from, was east of the Black Sea near this region. Important legendary and historic figures from the area include the goddess Cybele, the kings Tantalus, Midas, Gordius, Croesus, Cyrus, and Mithridates, and the literary figures Homer and Aesop.
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