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| − | Anatolia is a land bridge connecting Europe and Asia. It is a highway that armies pass over and mixes many nations. It was known as "Asia Minor" to the ancient world because of its resemblence to Asia. Anatolia has a plateau surrounded by the Taurus Mountains in the east, and has sloping coastal plains to the south and the west. The climate has cold winters and hot summers.
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| − | Some scholars believe that the Hittites arrived in Anatolia from the northeast, but the origin of them is controversial and greatly debated.
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| − | Today, Anatolia is modern Turkey.
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| − | Resource: [http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/whic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=WHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=WHIC%3AUHIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CBT2353200103&source=Bookmark&u=tlc209178764&jsid=1fe7a207ccd880ee1f91eec41b7b82fa] and Manuel pg. 108
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