Ancient Asia Minor is a geographic region located in the south-western part of Asia comprising most of present-day Turkey. The earliest reference to the region comes from tablets of the Akkadian Dynasty (2334-2083 BCE) where it was known as The Land of the Hatti and was inhabited by the Hittites. It was among the most significant regions of antiquity.
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c. 6200 BCEFirst copper smelting in Anatolia.
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c. 1700 BCEThe Hittites invade the region of the Hatti and begin a systematic campaign against them. The great city of Hattusa is sacked and destroyed.
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c. 1380 BCEFirst instances of iron working in the Hittite Empire.
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1350 BCE - 1250 BCEThe Hittite Empire is at its peak.
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1334 BCETrojan War, according to Duris of Samos.
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1285 BCEPeak of Hittite power.
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c. 1250 BCETrojan War, according to Herodotus.
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1200 BCELydia arises as a Neo-Hittite kingdom.
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1200 BCEPhrygians invade Anatolia and destroy the Hittite Empire.
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1184 BCETrojan War, according to Eratosthenes.
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c. 800 BCE - c. 700 BCEHomer of Greece writes his Iliad and Odyssey.
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c. 685 BCE - 546 BCEMermnad Dynasty rules Lydia.
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c. 635 BCE - 585 BCEReign of Alyattes of Lydia. Minting of first coins made from electrum.
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560 BCE - 546 BCEReign of Croesus of Lydia.
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547 BCEAnatolia conquered by the Persians. Ephesos remains neutral.
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499 BCE - 493 BCEIonian cities rebel against Persian rule.
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c. 498 BCEIonians and Greek allies invade and burn Sardis (capital of Lydia).
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c. 449 BCEIonian cities become independent from Persia under the Peace of Callias.
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c. 430 BCE - 415 BCEThe Histories of Herodotus is published. The work is divided into nine chapters, each dedicated to one of the Muses.
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279 BCECelts invade Thrace and Anatolia.
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262 BCEEumenes rebels and wins against the Seleucid Antiochus I. Beginning of the Pergamon Empire.
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218 BCEThe Aegosages Celts enter Anatolia under Attalos of Pergamon.
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188 BCEMaximum extent of the Pergamon Empire after Apamea peace.
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c. 188 BCEThe treaty of Apamea Kibotos. Peace and alliance is established between the Seleucid Empire and Rome joined by its allies, such as Pergamon and Rhodes. The Seleucids have to evacuate all the land and the cities from Asia Minor and to pay a huge war indemnity.
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133 BCEAttalus III, the last king of Pergamon, bequeathes the whole of Pergamon to Rome.
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25 BCEGalatia is peacefully absorbed into the Roman Empire.
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42 CE - 62 CEPaul the Apostle goes on missionary journeys across Asia Minor, Greece, and Rome.