Hattusha in Syria
Hattusa
Yes
Turkey was formerly called Asia Minor. The foundation for the incorrect titling of the "Middle East" and "Asia Minor" lies with Great Britain. Britain, colonized and explored much of the world prior to the 20th century (including North America); and measured any distances using GREAT BRITAIN as the anchoring point. Example: Turkey was on the border of Europe and Asia as measured from Great Britain, therefore Turkey was "partly Asian"...or "Asia in a minor way", ASIA MINOR. The currently called "Middle East" was between ASIA MINOR and Southeast Asia (Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, etc.), therefore Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, etc. are the MIDDLE EAST; as measured from the British Empire. East translates to the Orient, as West translates to Occident. The current Middle East is SOUTHWEST ASIA (US Military Medals reflect this); Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, etc. are correctly called SOUTHEAST ASIA; Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India would be correctly called the MIDDLE EAST. ______________________________________________________________________________________ The capital of the Hittite empire currently is within the borders of Turkey in the region of Anatolia. The city was found in the vicinity of the village of Bogazkoy in 1893-94 by Ernest Chantre and it was placed timewise in the Bronze Age.
Hattusa
Asia Minor
The Hittites ruled Asia Minor and Syria from about 1900 BC to 1200 BC. Asia Minor is turkey today.
Persian Empire
asia minor
The Hittite were a group of people in Anatolia who founded an empire around 1600 BCE. The empire reached its height in the 14th century BCE where it encompassed the majority of Asia Minor, the Levant, and parts of Mesopotamia. The rise of the Hittite Empire eventually brought them into conflict with other powers in the region, namely the Egyptian and Assyrian empires. Conflict with the Egyptians weakened the Hittites, who had to fight against encroachment by the Assyrians in Mesopotamia. Eventually, through the expansion of the Assyrians and the "Sea Peoples" taking over the coast of the Levant, the Hittite Empire collapsed.
It was not a Greek who conquered Asia Minor and the Persian Empire, it was the Macedonian king Alexander the Great
Asia Minor was part of the Persian Empire. Alexander the Great took the Persian Empire by military conquest.
Asia Minor