Ancient Anatolia

last pre-Islamic Iranian empire (224–651 AD)

historical state in Mesopotamia

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confederation of thirteen ancient Greek city-states in the region Ionia on the western coast of Anatolia (present-day Turkey)

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"Turtanu" or "Turtan" (Akkadian: 𒌉𒋫𒉡 tur-ta-nu; tartān; ; ; tartan) is an Akkadian word/title meaning 'commander in chief' or 'prime minister'. In Assyria, the Turtanu ranked next to the king.

thumbnail|300px|The Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East during the time of Attarsiya Attarsiya was an Ahhiyan (Achaean) warlord who lived around 1400 BC. He is known from a single Hittite text, which recounts his military activities in Western Anatolia and Alasiya. These texts are significant because they provide the earliest textual evidence of Mycenaean Greek involvement in Western Anatolian affairs. Scholars have noted potential connections between his name and that of Atreus from Greek mythology.

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ancient people of Asia Minor in Homer

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