Anatolia

Japanese: アナトリア

In ancient times, it was called Asia Minor. In Turkish, it is called Anadulu. A peninsula in western Asia, surrounded by the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. It faces the Balkan Peninsula across the Sea of Marmara. It occupies most of present-day Turkey. It is a plateau with the Kuzey-Anadolu (Pontus) Mountains to the north and the Taurus Mountains to the south. The coast has a Mediterranean climate, while the inland has little rain and is covered with grasslands and deserts. Its main products are grains, fruits, sheep, chromium, copper, etc. Anatolia has a long history and is said to be the oldest place in the world to use ironware. The Hittite Empire was established around 2000 BC. After passing through the Roman Empire and other areas, Turks began to migrate there around the 11th century, and it has been a Turkish settlement ever since. It was a stage for East-West negotiations connecting Europe and Asia, and with the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, it still occupies a very important strategic position today.

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Japanese:

古くは小アジアとも呼ばれる。トルコ語ではアナドルAnadulu。アジア西部にあり，黒海，エーゲ海，地中海に囲まれた半島。マルマラ海を隔ててバルカン半島と対する。現在のトルコの大部分を占める。高原状台地で，北にクゼイアナドル（ポントス）山脈，南にトロス山脈が走る。海岸は地中海式気候，内陸は雨量も少なく草原，砂漠をなす。主産物は穀物，果実，ヒツジ，クロム，銅など。アナトリアの歴史は古く，世界最古の鉄器使用地といわれる。前2000年ころにはヒッタイト王国が成立した。ローマ帝国領などを経て，11世紀ころトルコ人の移住が始まり，以降トルコ人の居住地となる。ヨーロッパとアジアを結ぶ東西交渉の舞台であり，ボスポラス海峡，ダーダネルス海峡を擁し，現在も戦略的に非常に重要な位置を占める。

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