Anatolia

Anatolia

Anatolia ranks 2,149th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New South Wales, Torres Vedras, and Ivry-sur-Seine. Memorable people born in Anatolia include Michael VIII Palaiologos, Malhun Hatun, and Constantine X Doukas. Memorable people who died in Anatolia include Saint Christopher, Marcion of Sinope, and Antiochus II Theos. Anatolia has been the birth place of many politicians, and companions and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Anatolia is located in Türkiye.

Anatolia, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula located in West Asia and a region of Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory. Geographically, the Anatolian region is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Turkish Straits to the north-west, and the Black Sea to the north. The eastern and southeastern boundary is either the southeastern and eastern borders of Turkey, or an imprecise line from the Gulf of Iskenderun to the Black Sea. Topographically, the Sea of Marmara connects the Black Sea with the Aegean Sea through the Bosporus strait and the Dardanelles strait, and separates Anatolia from Thrace in the Balkan peninsula of Southeastern Europe. Read more on Wikipedia