Ancient regions of Anatolia

The following is a list of regions of Ancient Anatolia, also known as "Asia Minor." The names reflect changes to languages, settlements and polities from the Bronze Age to conquest by Turkic peoples. == Bronze Age == Abbawiya Adadura Adana Aḫḫulla Alatra Ankuwa Apasa Arawana Arzawa Arziya Assuwa Dadassas Dunda Dura Durmitta Durpina Dalauwa Dankuwa Duruwaduruwa Gargiya Halluwa Haballa Harziuna Hatti Himmuwa Hulaya River Land Ḥuwallušiya Iksunuwa Istanuwa Isuwa Kalasma Land of the Kaskians Kassiya Kispuwa Kizzuwadna Kuruppiya Kussara Kuwaliya Lallupiya Lawazantiya Lazpa Lower Land Lukka Land of Luwiya Masa Mīllawānda Mira Mount Pahurina Nenisankuwa Neša Palà Parista Pasuhalta Pitassa Purushanda Sallusa Saḫiriya Seha River Land Siyanda Tarhuntassa Tumanna Tuwanuwa Troy Unaliya Upper Land Walma Wilusa Zallara Zalpa Zippasla == Iron Age == Abydos Artis Assos Claros Colophon Cyme Erythrae Gordion Ḫilakku Ḫiyawa Kammanu Kummuh Larisa Lyrnessus Maeonia Percote Pergamon Phocaea Phrygia Samʾal Tabal Thebe Zeleia == Classical == Aeolis (named after the Aeolian Greeks that colonized the region) Lesbos Armenia Minor (Armenia west of the Euphrates river, geographically in Anatolia) (roughly corresponding to ancient Azzi-Hayasa or Hayasa-Azzi) Aeretice / Æretice Aetulane / Ætulane Orbalisene Orbesine Orsene Bithynia Bithynia Proper (named after the Bithyni) Cauconia (named after the Caucones or Kaukauni) Mariandynia (named after the Mariandyni) Salone / Salon (Bithynium or Bithynion was its main centre) Tarsia Tottaion Thynia (named after the Thyni) Cappadocia (a significant part roughly corresponding to ancient "Land of Hatti" or Hatti) (name possibly derived from the Hittite Katta Peda- - Place Below or Place Down, from katta - below or down and peda - place; possible phonetic change - Katt(a)-peda > *Kat-peda > *Kat-pata > *Kat-patu + ka > Kat-patuka > *Kappaduka, borrowed to Greek as Kappadokía) Bagadania / Bagadoania Chammamene / Chammanene Cataonia (broad sense) (During Achaemenid Persian Empire it was its own country or region and not part of Cappadocia) Aravene Cataonia / Cataonia Proper (narrow sense) Lavinianesine / Lavianesine / Laviansene Muriane / Murianune Cappadocian Cilicia / Mazakene (where Mazaka or Caesarea Mazaka was located; it is today's Kayseri) (Nesa was close) Garsaouritis / Garsauria Melitene / Miletene (During Achaemenid Persian Empire it was its own country or region and not part of Cappadocia) Morimene Pteria Saravene Tarbasthena Sargarausene Tyanitis (after Tyana city) (roughly corresponding to ancient Tuwana / Tuwanuwa region) Caria Peraea Cilicia Cilicia Pedias / Cilicia Campestris (roughly corresponding to ancient Kizzuwadna) Bryelice / Bryelica Cilicia Trachaea / Cilicia Aspera (roughly corresponding to ancient Tarhuntassa) (later, Cilicia Aspera was included in Isauria) Characine Lalassis Lamotis Kennatis Ketis Selenitis (after Selinus city) Cyprus (roughly corresponding to ancient Alasiya, part or the whole island) Doris (named after the Dorian Greeks that colonized the region) Cos Doric Hexapolis Rhodes Galatia (named after the Galatians, a Celtic people, that arrived in Central Anatolia by the early 3rd century BC, it didn't exist until then and was made by Galatian conquests of parts of Phrygia and Cappadocia) Tolistobogii / Tolistobogioi subregion (Western Galatia) (where Gordion / Gordium, ancient Phrygian capital, was located, Pessinus was Tolisbogii capital) Comata / Komata Gordiana (was part of Phrygia until Galatian conquest, where Gordion / Gordium, ancient Phrygian capital, was located,) Pancaleia / Pankaleia (was part of Phrygia until Galatian conquest) Proseilemmene / Proseilimmene (was part of Phrygia until Galatian conquest) Tectosages subregion (Central Galatia) (where Ancyra was located, today's Ankara) Komodromos (was part of Cappadocia until Galatian conquest) Sanisene (was part of Cappadocia until Galatian conquest) Trocmi / Trokmoi subregion (Eastern Galatia) (where Tavium was located, close to ancient Hattusa) Ximene (was part of Cappadocia until Galatian conquest) Ionia (named after the Ionian Greeks that colonized the region) Chios Icaria / Ikaria Samos Isauria Lycaonia Antiochiana Axylos Lycia Cabalia (roughly corresponding to ancient Kuwaliya) Milyas (region dwelt by the Milyae that descend from the Solymi) Lydia / Maeonia Katakekaumene Mysia (Coastal Phrygia) (also known as Phrygia Hellespontica, or as Phrygia Epictetus after the annexation by the Kingdom of Pergamum) (roughly corresponding to ancient Masa) Phrygia Minor (northern part of Mysia) Lentiana Phrygia Maior / Phrygia Pergamene (southern part of Mysia) Abrettene Morene Olympene Teuthrania (sometimes included in Lydia) (Pergamon, that was capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon, was in this land) Pamphylia Paphlagonia (roughly corresponding to ancient Pala) Blaene Cimiatene Domanitis (roughly corresponding to ancient Tumanna? ) Enetia / Henetia (named after the Eneti or Heneti) Marmolitis Pimolisene Potamia Timonitis Phrygia (Inland Phrygia) Pacatiana / Phrygia Pacatiana (Western Phrygia) Abbaitis (roughly corresponding to ancient Abbawiya or Appawiya) Azanitis Salutaris / Phrygia Salutaris (Eastern Phrygia) Pisidia Paroreios / Parorea Pontus Western Pontus (During Achaemenid Persian Empire it was part of Cappadocia) (roughly corresponding to ancient "Land of Zalpa", Zalpa or Zalpuwa was its main centre) Chiliokomon Camisene / Kamisene / Comisene Colopene / Kolopene / Culupene / Calupene Daximonitis Diacopene Gadilonitis / Gazelonitis Limnia Phanaraea Phazemonitis Saramene Çarşamba Plain Themiscyra Tibarenia (named after the Tibareni, believed to be of Scythian origin by several classical authors like Herodotus, Xenophon and Strabo) Eastern Pontus (roughly corresponding to ancient "Kaska Land", inhabited by the Kaska people) (inhabited by several peoples) Byzeria (named after the Byzeres) Chaldia (named after the Chalybes) Macronia (named after the Macrones, ancestors of Mingrelians, part of the Zan) Marria (named after the Marres) Moschia (named after the Moschi or Moschoi, who may have been a northern branch of the Eastern Mushki and related to Mysians and Armenians) Mossynoecia (named after the Mossynoeci) Sannia (named after the Sanni, ancestors of the Zan, including Mingrelians and Lazs) Troas / Troad (sometimes included in Mysia) Sigrene === Regions sometimes included in Anatolia === Commagene (roughly corresponding to ancient Kummaha or Kummuh) (although it was on the south slope of the Taurus Mountains, it could be considered geographically in Anatolia / Asia Minor) (however it was administratively included in Roman Syria, far northern area, by the Roman Empire) Pieria (part of ancient Palistin) (although administratively in Roman Syria on the border area, it was on the west slope of the Amanus mountains, and sometimes it was included in Cilicia Pedias) Note: Over time the regions did not always were the same and had the same size or the same borders and sometimes included different subregions, districts, divisions or parts or were united with others.

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Ancient regions of Anatolia

The following is a list of regions of Ancient Anatolia, also known as "Asia Minor." The names reflect changes to languages, settlements and polities from the Bronze Age to conquest by Turkic peoples. == Bronze Age == Abbawiya Adadura Adana Aḫḫulla Alatra Ankuwa Apasa Arawana Arzawa Arziya Assuwa Dadassas Dunda Dura Durmitta Durpina Dalauwa Dankuwa Duruwaduruwa Gargiya Halluwa Haballa Harziuna Hatti Himmuwa Hulaya River Land Ḥuwallušiya Iksunuwa Istanuwa Isuwa Kalasma Land of the Kaskians Kassiya Kispuwa Kizzuwadna Kuruppiya Kussara Kuwaliya Lallupiya Lawazantiya Lazpa Lower Land Lukka Land of Luwiya Masa Mīllawānda Mira Mount Pahurina Nenisankuwa Neša Palà Parista Pasuhalta Pitassa Purushanda Sallusa Saḫiriya Seha River Land Siyanda Tarhuntassa Tumanna Tuwanuwa Troy Unaliya Upper Land Walma Wilusa Zallara Zalpa Zippasla == Iron Age == Abydos Artis Assos Claros Colophon Cyme Erythrae Gordion Ḫilakku Ḫiyawa Kammanu Kummuh Larisa Lyrnessus Maeonia Percote Pergamon Phocaea Phrygia Samʾal Tabal Thebe Zeleia == Classical == Aeolis (named after the Aeolian Greeks that colonized the region) Lesbos Armenia Minor (Armenia west of the Euphrates river, geographically in Anatolia) (roughly corresponding to ancient Azzi-Hayasa or Hayasa-Azzi) Aeretice / Æretice Aetulane / Ætulane Orbalisene Orbesine Orsene Bithynia Bithynia Proper (named after the Bithyni) Cauconia (named after the Caucones or Kaukauni) Mariandynia (named after the Mariandyni) Salone / Salon (Bithynium or Bithynion was its main centre) Tarsia Tottaion Thynia (named after the Thyni) Cappadocia (a significant part roughly corresponding to ancient "Land of Hatti" or Hatti) (name possibly derived from the Hittite Katta Peda- - Place Below or Place Down, from katta - below or down and peda - place; possible phonetic change - Katt(a)-peda > *Kat-peda > *Kat-pata > *Kat-patu + ka > Kat-patuka > *Kappaduka, borrowed to Greek as Kappadokía) Bagadania / Bagadoania Chammamene / Chammanene Cataonia (broad sense) (During Achaemenid Persian Empire it was its own country or region and not part of Cappadocia) Aravene Cataonia / Cataonia Proper (narrow sense) Lavinianesine / Lavianesine / Laviansene Muriane / Murianune Cappadocian Cilicia / Mazakene (where Mazaka or Caesarea Mazaka was located; it is today's Kayseri) (Nesa was close) Garsaouritis / Garsauria Melitene / Miletene (During Achaemenid Persian Empire it was its own country or region and not part of Cappadocia) Morimene Pteria Saravene Tarbasthena Sargarausene Tyanitis (after Tyana city) (roughly corresponding to ancient Tuwana / Tuwanuwa region) Caria Peraea Cilicia Cilicia Pedias / Cilicia Campestris (roughly corresponding to ancient Kizzuwadna) Bryelice / Bryelica Cilicia Trachaea / Cilicia Aspera (roughly corresponding to ancient Tarhuntassa) (later, Cilicia Aspera was included in Isauria) Characine Lalassis Lamotis Kennatis Ketis Selenitis (after Selinus city) Cyprus (roughly corresponding to ancient Alasiya, part or the whole island) Doris (named after the Dorian Greeks that colonized the region) Cos Doric Hexapolis Rhodes Galatia (named after the Galatians, a Celtic people, that arrived in Central Anatolia by the early 3rd century BC, it didn't exist until then and was made by Galatian conquests of parts of Phrygia and Cappadocia) Tolistobogii / Tolistobogioi subregion (Western Galatia) (where Gordion / Gordium, ancient Phrygian capital, was located, Pessinus was Tolisbogii capital) Comata / Komata Gordiana (was part of Phrygia until Galatian conquest, where Gordion / Gordium, ancient Phrygian capital, was located,) Pancaleia / Pankaleia (was part of Phrygia until Galatian conquest) Proseilemmene / Proseilimmene (was part of Phrygia until Galatian conquest) Tectosages subregion (Central Galatia) (where Ancyra was located, today's Ankara) Komodromos (was part of Cappadocia until Galatian conquest) Sanisene (was part of Cappadocia until Galatian conquest) Trocmi / Trokmoi subregion (Eastern Galatia) (where Tavium was located, close to ancient Hattusa) Ximene (was part of Cappadocia until Galatian conquest) Ionia (named after the Ionian Greeks that colonized the region) Chios Icaria / Ikaria Samos Isauria Lycaonia Antiochiana Axylos Lycia Cabalia (roughly corresponding to ancient Kuwaliya) Milyas (region dwelt by the Milyae that descend from the Solymi) Lydia / Maeonia Katakekaumene Mysia (Coastal Phrygia) (also known as Phrygia Hellespontica, or as Phrygia Epictetus after the annexation by the Kingdom of Pergamum) (roughly corresponding to ancient Masa) Phrygia Minor (northern part of Mysia) Lentiana Phrygia Maior / Phrygia Pergamene (southern part of Mysia) Abrettene Morene Olympene Teuthrania (sometimes included in Lydia) (Pergamon, that was capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon, was in this land) Pamphylia Paphlagonia (roughly corresponding to ancient Pala) Blaene Cimiatene Domanitis (roughly corresponding to ancient Tumanna? ) Enetia / Henetia (named after the Eneti or Heneti) Marmolitis Pimolisene Potamia Timonitis Phrygia (Inland Phrygia) Pacatiana / Phrygia Pacatiana (Western Phrygia) Abbaitis (roughly corresponding to ancient Abbawiya or Appawiya) Azanitis Salutaris / Phrygia Salutaris (Eastern Phrygia) Pisidia Paroreios / Parorea Pontus Western Pontus (During Achaemenid Persian Empire it was part of Cappadocia) (roughly corresponding to ancient "Land of Zalpa", Zalpa or Zalpuwa was its main centre) Chiliokomon Camisene / Kamisene / Comisene Colopene / Kolopene / Culupene / Calupene Daximonitis Diacopene Gadilonitis / Gazelonitis Limnia Phanaraea Phazemonitis Saramene Çarşamba Plain Themiscyra Tibarenia (named after the Tibareni, believed to be of Scythian origin by several classical authors like Herodotus, Xenophon and Strabo) Eastern Pontus (roughly corresponding to ancient "Kaska Land", inhabited by the Kaska people) (inhabited by several peoples) Byzeria (named after the Byzeres) Chaldia (named after the Chalybes) Macronia (named after the Macrones, ancestors of Mingrelians, part of the Zan) Marria (named after the Marres) Moschia (named after the Moschi or Moschoi, who may have been a northern branch of the Eastern Mushki and related to Mysians and Armenians) Mossynoecia (named after the Mossynoeci) Sannia (named after the Sanni, ancestors of the Zan, including Mingrelians and Lazs) Troas / Troad (sometimes included in Mysia) Sigrene === Regions sometimes included in Anatolia === Commagene (roughly corresponding to ancient Kummaha or Kummuh) (although it was on the south slope of the Taurus Mountains, it could be considered geographically in Anatolia / Asia Minor) (however it was administratively included in Roman Syria, far northern area, by the Roman Empire) Pieria (part of ancient Palistin) (although administratively in Roman Syria on the border area, it was on the west slope of the Amanus mountains, and sometimes it was included in Cilicia Pedias) Note: Over time the regions did not always were the same and had the same size or the same borders and sometimes included different subregions, districts, divisions or parts or were united with others.

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