Asia Minor Collection

Ancient Greece and its colonies around the Aegean
Map of the Aegean Sea in the time of ancient Greece. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Map of the Byzantine Empire in the 9th Century
Vintage engraving of a Map of the Byzantine Empire in the 9th Century

Ancient Greek empire
Map of ancient Greece and its colonies. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illlustration

Lycian rock tombs, Dalyan, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Map of the Roman Empire
Map showing the extent of the Roman Empire. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Aya Sofya (Hagia Sophia) Sultanahmet, UNESCO World Heritage site, Istanbul, Turkey Elevated view of Aya Sofya (Sancta Sophia), illuminated at dusk, in Sultanahmet

The Armenian church of the Holy Cross on Akdamar Island in Lake Van, Anatolia, eastern Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Gulets in harbour, Kalkan, Lycia, Antalya Province, Mediterranean Coast, Southwest Turkey, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Mideast map during the Crusades
Map of the Middle East at the time of the Crusades. Printed color lithograph

Bodrum Harbour and The Castle of St. Peter, Bodrum, Bodrum Peninsula, Turkey

Kalkan, a popular tourist resort, Antalya Province, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Arab empire, mid-700s
Empire of the Arab Caliphs, middle of the 8th century. Printed color lithograph

Map of Palestine in the time of Jesus Christ
Vintage engraving of Map of Palestine in the time of Jesus Christ

Seljuk Turks defeated at Dorylaeum, First Crusade
Crusaders under Godfrey of Bouillon, defeating Muslim forces of Sultan Kilij Arslan at Dorylaeum in Asia Minor, 1097. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Map of the empire of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Ancient Mesopotamia
Map of the ancient Tigris and Euphrates region. Printed color 19th-century illustration

Roman Empire, circa 200 AD
Map of the Roman Empire in the third century. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Patara beach, near Kalkan, Lycia, Antalya Province, Mediterranean Coast, Southwest Turkey, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Lycian tombs of Dalyan with fishing and tourists boats below, Dalyan, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Lycian Rock Tombs of Caunos, near Dalyan, Aegean, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Lagoon Beach, Olu Deniz, near Fethiye, Aegean, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Aerial view of Blue Lagoon and Belcekiz Beach, Oludeniz, near Fethiye, Mediterranean Coast (Turquoise Coast), Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Olu Deniz near Fethiye, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

View over town and harbour with Gulets, Kalkan, Lycia, Antalya Province, Mediterranean Coast, Southwest Turkey, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Library of Celsus, Roman ruins of ancient Ephesus, near Kusadasi, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Turtle Beach, near Dalyan, Aegean, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Russian Cossacks sending a message of scorn to the Turkish army in Constantinople. Printed color halftone reproduction of a painting

Ataturk Caddesi, street sign in Kars, north east Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Sausages and local pastrami, Kaysari, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Hot air balloon over the phallic pillars known as fairy chimneys in the valley known as Love Valley near Goreme in Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Ataturk statue in the Old Town of Antalya, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Library of Celsus, Ephesus, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Taken at the Royal Albert Hall, London, the Whirling Dervishes of Konya, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Traditional construction of gulets at a Bodrum boatyard, Bodrum, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Snow covered Mount Ararat, 5165m, said to be the site of the landfall of Noahs Ark, in Armenia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Fethiye, Aegean, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Head of Medusa, Didyma, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Tractor and fields near Diyarbakir in Kurdistan, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Xerxes bridge of boats across the Hellespont, 480 BC
Bridge of boats built by Xerxes Persian army across the Hellespont to invade Greek territory, 480 BC. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Byzantine and Crusaders v. Seljuks, circa 1130 A. D. c1915. Creator: Emery Walker Ltd
Byzantine and Crusaders v. Seljuks, circa 1130 A.D. c1915. Map of civilisations in the Middle East during the 12th century: Byzantine, other Christian states, Abbasid Caliphate, Seljuks, Fatimids

Dynasties in the time of the Buwayids, circa 932 A. D. c1915. Creator: Emery Walker Ltd
Dynasties in the time of the Buwayids, circa 932 A.D. c1915

Kalkan, Mediterranean Coast, Turkey

Oludeniz beach, Fethiye, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Armenian girl and Syrian men
Armenian girl, Druze man, and a man from Damascus. Antique hand-colored print

Crusaders entering Constantinople
Defeat of Muslim defenders of Constantinople during the Crusades. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Site of Ancient Troy excavated by Schliemann
Schliemanns excavation of the acropolis walls of ancient Troy, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Trojan War battle
Combat around the body of Patrocles, Trojan War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Persian Empire about 500 BC
Map of the Persian Empire under Darius I, with principal satrapies, about 500 BC. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Tray of Turkish teas, Turkey, Eurasia

Hadgi (Mecca pilgrims) encamped near Antioch, on the banks of the Orontes, Turkey, 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume I, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co

Bosphorus and Sultanahmet from the Galata Tower, Istanbul, Turkey Elevated view over the Bosphorus and Sultanahmet from the Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkey

Lycian Rock Tombs, Fethiye, Turkey

Mount Hermon, Syria, 1895. Artist: Armand Kohl
Mount Hermon, Syria, 1895. As seen from Rasheya. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Arch of Mettius Modestus, Patara, near Kalkan, Lycia, Antalya Province, Mediterranean Coast, Southwest Turkey, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Whirling Dervishes at the Dervishes Festival, Konya, Central Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Antioch market, Hatay province, Southwest Turkey, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

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Shahmeran (Shahmaran) being painted on glass, Mardin, Southeast Anatolia, Turkey

Kaputas beach at Kalkan area, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Marmaris, Turkey, Anatolia, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Marina and Roman Harbour in Kaleici, Antalya, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Ancient carved heads of gods on summit of Mount Nemrut, Nemrut Dagi (Nemrut Dag), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

Neri to Akra, c1915. Creator: Stanfords Geographical Establishment
Neri to Akra, c1915. Map showing the journey of British writer, soldier and diplomatic advisor Mark Sykes in Turkey, (at that time part of the Ottoman Empire)

The Great Khan at Damascus, 1841. Artist: W Kelsall
The Great Khan at Damascus, 1841

Goreme and Volcanic tufa rock formations, Cappadocia, Turkey Elevated view over the town

The Spice Bazaar, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey The Spice Bazaar, Sultanhamet, Istanbul, Turkey

Coastline of Akdamar Island on Lake Van, with Mount Ararat on horizon, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

St. Nicholas church dating from beween the 8th and 11th centuries, Myra, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Antique map of Asia Minor

Blue Lagoon and Belcekiz beach, Oludeniz near Fethiye, Aegean Turquoise coast, Mediterranean region, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Sailboats framed by tree, Marmaris, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Panorama over Antioch, Hatay province, Southwest Turkey, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Mosaic of birds and flowers from Daphne (Harbiye), 2nd century AD, Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antioch, Hatay province, Southwest Turkey, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Sumela monastery, Trabzon, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Tomatoes in large commercial greenhouse, near Kursunlu, near Antalya, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Sand Sculptures, Antalya, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Remains of a Hittite temple at Eflatun Pinar, Beysehir, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Gulets in the harbour with the town and hills in the background, at Marmaris, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Figure at work below the Armenian Church of the Holy Cross, on Akdamar Island, beside Lake Van, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Gulets moored off the Blue Coast, Turkey, Anatolia, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Town and castle ruins, Ortahisar, near Urgup, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Statue of Virtue, Arete, on the facade of the Roman Library of Celsus dating from between 110 and 135 AD, at the archaeological site of Ephesus, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Hot air ballooning above Cappadocian landscape, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

Pigeon Island, Kusadasi, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Bodrum, elevated view, Bodrum, Mugla, Turkey

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Asia Minor, also known as Anatolia, is a region steeped in rich history and cultural significance. Located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, it has witnessed the rise and fall of great empires throughout the centuries. In ancient times, Asia Minor was home to various civilizations such as Ancient Greece and its colonies around the Aegean. These city-states flourished with remarkable achievements in art, philosophy, and politics. The remnants of their grandeur can still be seen today through archaeological sites scattered across the land. The Byzantine Empire dominated Asia Minor during the 9th century AD. A map from that era showcases its vast territories encompassing present-day Turkey. This empire left an indelible mark on architecture with iconic structures like Aya Sofya (Hagia Sophia) Sultanahmet in Istanbul – a magnificent testament to Byzantine craftsmanship. Religious heritage is also prominent in Asia Minor. The Armenian church of Holy Cross on Akdamar Island stands proudly amidst Lake Van's serene waters—an architectural gem reflecting Armenia's historical presence in this region. The Roman Empire once extended its dominion over Asia Minor; evidence lies within a map illustrating its expansive reach during circa 200 AD. Bodrum Harbour boasts another reminder of this period—the Castle of St. Peter—a formidable fortress guarding against potential invaders. During the mid-700s, Arab influence swept through parts as they established their own empire. Their impact can still be felt today through cultural elements infused into local traditions and practices. For those seeking natural wonders amidst this historical tapestry, Lycian rock tombs carved into cliffsides near Dalyan offer breathtaking views—a glimpse into ancient burial customs dating back thousands of years. Gulets peacefully docked at Kalkan harbor provide an idyllic scene along Southwest Turkey's Mediterranean coast—inviting visitors to explore picturesque coastal towns along Lycia's enchanting shores. Lastly, Asia Minor holds immense significance in religious history.