Anatolia

generation. The name Turkey “Land of the Turks” referring to the differences of Eastern Europe (Thrace) and Central Asia (Anatolia). It was the Bronze Age and early Iron Age when Anatolia began to flourish as Greek civilization. It is also one of the oldest continually inhabited regions in the world and it has repeatedly served as a battleground for foreign powers. Coastal Anatolia meanwhile was settled by Greeks. The entire area was overrun by the Persians during the 6th and 5th centuries and…

The Third Crusade By: Brianna Kline The Third Crusade, also known as the King’s Crusade, took place in 1189-1192. The location was mostly Levant and Anatolia. Levant and Anatolia are right by the Mediterranean Sea. Austria’s allies were the Kingdom of Jerusalem, England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire. Their enemies were the Ayyubids, Zengids, Seljuk Empire, Byzantine Empire, and the Kingdom of Sicily. The Third Crusade was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from…

control over most of Anatolia. They flourished between 1600 1nd 1200 B.C.E and are supposed to have entered Cappadocia in around 1800 B.C.E. All recollection of the civilization was lost for millennia under the sand of Asia Minor, now known as Turkey. The Warrior…

in Sicily. In some instances the Church had become involved in these events through the offer of limited spiritual rewards for participants. The people involved was Pope Urban II and the Western Europeans. It took place in Levant, Near East, and Anatolia. After the First Crusade achieved its goal with the capture of Jerusalem in 1099, the invading Christians set up several Latin Christian states, even as Muslims in the region vowed to wage holy war to regain control over the region. THE SECOND…

extended all the way from Egypt to western Asia and from the Northern India to Central Asia. The empires formation began around 550 B.C. and that dominated most of eastern Anatolia and Iran, it was overthrown by a southern ruler, Cyrus II the king of Persia. This began an upset to a balance to the power in the Near East. In western Anatolia there were people called the Lydians that were under the reign of King Croesus used the advantage that the downfall of Media gave them in order to push east…

The Ottomans were a strong nation and “” they stood at the crossroads of the intercontinental trade, stretching from the Balkans and the Black sea region through Anatolia, Syria, Mesopotamia, the gulf to Egypt, and most of the North African coast for six centuries until WWI.”” (Pamuk, 2004) This means the Ottomans were a strong influence on trade. They controlled the main routes which mean they could control who comes…

The empire stretches much further back, but it was under the leadership of Osman that this great empire succeeded in moving out from its territory in northwestern Anatolia and started conquering and taking over other territories. The first main victory took place in the Balkans, and these conquests led them to return to western Anatolia flush with money and men. In the middle of the fifteenth century they had already took some leadership over the Byzantine territory and took their capital…

In 146 BCE, The Rome conquered the Carthage Empire and became the dominant power in the Mediterranean. In 100 BCE, the Republican Rome controlled south east and north east of Spain, South France, Italy, Sicily, Carthage, Macedonia, Greece, Eastern Anatolia, and Cilicia. Between 58 and 50 BCE, Ceaser organized a…

1. The three fundamental variables that added to the Ottoman Empire's development after it rose in northwestern Anatolia were the pioneers' knowledge, the arrangement of an armed force with conventional abilities and new military innovation, and its control of the Dardanelles strait, which was a beneficial connection amongst Asia and Europe. 2. Selim had a vital impact in the historical backdrop of the Ottomans by consummation the Safavid shah's potential risk on the Ottoman Empire. He…

Overview Dr. Blackwell has done extensive research on the Mycenae’s Lion’s Gate and preliminary research on the Treasury of Atreus. He believes the gate had attachable lion heads that looked back because that would distribute the weight best considering the dowel holes; based on the bodies’ definition and the space for a mane, he thinks they are male lions. He believes the Lion’s Gate relief was at least inspired by Anatolians, specifically by the Hittites. Based on appearance alone, the Lion’s…