Armenians in Asia Minor (Antiquity) |
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The Cimmerians were people of nomadic origin. Both literary sources and archaeological evidence confirm their presence in Anatolia. However, it is not always clear whether “Cimmerian” traces should be attributed to Cimmerians or Scythians. |
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The Galatians were tribal groups of Celtic origin, which had originated in western and central Europe and migrated in the course of the fourth and the early third centuries BC through the Balkans to the boundaries of Greece and Asia Minor. |
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Hittites and Neo-Hittites |
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Jews in Asia Minor (Antiquity) |
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It was Antiochus III the Great, the Seleucid king, in the early 3rd cent. BC who sent 2000 Babylonian Jews as cleruchs to establish the first communities in Lydia and Phrygia, in Asia Minor. One of their largest settlements was Sardis. In the Roman imperial times Jewish communities were well established at several cities in Lydia and Phrygia , such as Thyateira and Hierapolis. |
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