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Geography of Anatolia and the Caucasus
Anatolia, the westernmost part of Asia, is a peninsula bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Caucasus Mountains to the east. In the southeast lie the Taurus Mountains separating Turkey from Syria. The peninsula is dominated by the Anatolian plateau, which is crossed by numerous mountains interspersed with valleys, some filled with lakes. A few passes through the mountains from the interior allow contact with the West. Today Anatolia is part of the modern state of Turkey.


West Asia, Anatolia and the Caucasus

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art

Geography of Iran, Geography of Mesopotamia, Geography of the Arabian Peninsula, Geography of The Eastern Mediterranean, Hasanlu in the Iron Age, Lydia and Phrygia, Phrygia, Gordion, and King Midas in the Late Eighth Century B.C., Art of the First Cities in the Third Millennium B.C., The Seleucid Empire (323-64 B.C.), The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 B.C.), Abridged List of Rulers: The Ancient Greek World, Abridged List of Rulers: Roman Empire, The Hittites, Abridged List of Rulers: Mesopotamia,

Anatolia and the Caucasus, 8000-2000 B.C., Anatolia and the Caucasus, 2000-1000 B.C., Anatolia and the Caucasus (Asia Minor), 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.,

West Asia, 8000-2000 B.C., West Asia, 2000-1000 B.C., East Asia, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.