The Greek kingdom under Alexander the Great and the Roman Empire occupied Asia Minor during the classical period. Ancient kingdoms that ruled in Anatolia include Akkadian Empire, Assyrian Empire, the Hittite kingdom, and neo-Hittite and neo-Assyrian kingdoms. History Of Asia MinorĪsia Minor is considered as one of the important regions where the evolution of human who settled in the region during the Palaeolithic and Neolithic periods. Asia Minor is separated from Europe by the Straits of Dardanelles and Bosphorus. Asia Minor is bordered by the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea, the Sea of Marmara and the Armenian highlands to the north, south, west, northwest and east respectively. Asia Minor has an area of about 291,773 square miles, an average length, and breadth of about 650 and 300 miles respectively. The ancient inhabitants of Asia Minor spoke the Anatolian language which is now extinct and were replaced by the Greek language starting from the classical antiquity and during the Hellenistic, Roman, and the Byzantine periods. About 95% of Turkey’s land is in Asia Minor. The southeastern and eastern border of Asia Minor is the current border of Turkey with neighboring Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Syria. Asia Minor is usually synonymous with Asian Turkey, which is made up of almost the entire country. Asia Minor also referred to as Anatolia or the Anatolian plateau is the westernmost protrusion of the Asia which comprises mainly of modern day Turkey.