This article is one in the Cultural History of Turkey series. For the description of any cultures or tribes please read that article. It is generally accepted that the first dwellers of Troy came to this area in circa 3600 BC and Troy was inhabited by the Trojans since 1900 BC. The Trojan civilization existed […]

This article is one in the Cultural History of Turkey series. For the description of any cultures or tribes please read that article. Very little known about the Hurrians. So far there is not much wealth of findings. Most of the constructed history of the Hurrians is drawn from the documents found in the libraries […]

This article is one in the Cultural History of Turkey series. For the description of any cultures or tribes please read that article. The Hittite tribes which lived under the local rulers since 2100 BC in Asia Minor, along with indigenous tribes, such as the Hattis and Hurrians, united to form a kingdom circa 1660 […]

This article is one in the Cultural History of Turkey series. For the description of any cultures or tribes please read that article. Even though the trade between the Anatolians and Assyrians existed before the Middle Bronze age, it became more organized towards 19th century BC and created its own infrastructure. Asia minor in the […]

This article is one in the Cultural History of Turkey series. For the description of any cultures or tribes please read that article. The Hittites (the Nesilis), after migrating to Anatolia (Asia Minor), moved to the southeast and lived there for a long time. Ultimately though they moved to the central parts of Anatolia and […]

This article is one in the Cultural History of Turkey series. For the description of any cultures or tribes please read that article. There seems to be more research on the eastern civilizations, such as the Egyptians and Mesopotamians and the western civilizations, such as the Greeks and Romans, than the Anatolia civilizations. The consequences […]

This article is one in the Cultural History of Turkey series. For the description of any cultures or tribes please read that article. With the invention of bronze, a tin and copper alloy, Anatolia (Asia Minor) in Turkey entered the Bronze Age around 3,000 BC, a thousand years later than Egypt and Mesopotamia. The Bronze […]

This article is one in the Cultural History of Turkey series. For the description of any cultures or tribes please read that article. Originally the definition of the Chalcolithic period in Turkey was clear. The beginning of the Chalcolithic age meant that humankind started using copper. The definition of the end, on the other hand, […]

This article is one in the Cultural History of Turkey series. For the description of any cultures or tribes please read that article. This period in Turkish history is distinguished by a major life style change in human history. The Neolithic men transitioned from being nomads to settlers. They settled and created villages instead of […]

This article is one in the Cultural History of Turkey series. For the description of any cultures or tribes please read that article. The Palaeolithic age in Anatolia (Asia Minor) is a time span starting approximately 600,000 years ago and ending around 8,000 BC with the beginning of farming. It is divided into three distinct […]