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(As)Syria (region) — by M. Roaf — last modified Oct 03, 2020 11:15 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 3 C2 (As)Syria.

Acarnania — by W.M. Murray — last modified Aug 31, 2022 01:12 PM

Acarnania was a region of west-central Greece.

Achaea/Achaia (region) — by G. Reger — last modified Sep 15, 2018 11:45 AM

An ancient Greek region on the northern coast of the Peloponnese.

Achaia (region) — by David Braund — last modified Aug 30, 2022 07:15 AM

A region and eponymous people of the northwest Caucasus, inland from the modern Russian Black Sea port city of Tuapse.

Adramiton Chora — by D.T. Potts — last modified Nov 13, 2022 10:21 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 C2 Adramiton Chora

Aeolis — by C. Foss — last modified Jun 01, 2017 10:51 AM

Sometimes defined as covering the entrance of the Hellespont to the mouth of the Hermus river, Aeolis was region centered on the North West coast of Asia Minor and some islands, notably Lesbos. Herodotus lists the eleven ancient cities of Aeolis as Cyme, Lerisae, Neon Teichos, Temnos, Cilla, Notion, Aegiroessa, Pitane, Aegaeae, Myrina, and Gryneia. He also claims that Smyrna was once an Aeolian city, but was taken by the Ionians at an unspecified date.

Aetolia — by J. Fossey — last modified Sep 20, 2022 10:19 AM

An ancient region and associated ethnic group (tribe) of central Greece.

Ainyra — by E.N. Borza — last modified Oct 17, 2022 02:01 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 D3 Ainyra

Amphax(it)is — by E.N. Borza — last modified Oct 17, 2022 08:33 PM

The western maritime district of Mygdonia in ancient Macedonia.

Aphrodisias/Politice Orgas — by C. Foss — last modified Dec 24, 2022 03:18 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 unlocated Aphrodisias/Politice Orgas

Apolloniatis/Sittacene — by M. Roaf — last modified Sep 12, 2022 09:50 PM

Apolloniatis/Sittacene was an ancient region of Babylonia and Assyria.

Ar(e)ia — by St J. Simpson — last modified Sep 21, 2022 12:05 PM

A region and Persian satrapy located in the area of the modern Afghan province of Herat.

Arabia — by M. Roaf — last modified Aug 30, 2022 07:19 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 3 D4 Arabia

Arabia — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Oct 06, 2013 11:25 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 93 B4 Arabia

Arcadia — by G. Reger — last modified Apr 02, 2019 07:36 PM

The ancient region of Arcadia comprised the highlands at the center of the Peloponnese.

Argeia — by W.M. Murray — last modified Aug 30, 2022 10:54 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 54 D4 Argeia

Argolis — by G. Reger — last modified Sep 02, 2022 08:16 PM

Argolis (also known as 'the Argolid') occupied the eastern part of the Peloponnese; comprising primarily the Argolid peninsula and the coastal region lying to the east of Arcadia, and north of Laconia.

Armenia — by S.E. Kroll — last modified Dec 29, 2013 05:31 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 90 B1 Armenia

Armenia (region) — by M. Roaf — last modified Aug 30, 2022 07:16 AM

A plateau region between the Black and Caspian Seas.

Assyria (kingdom) — by M. Roaf — last modified Dec 04, 2020 02:43 PM

Aššur, later Māt Aššur ('the land of the god Aššur'), grew from a small city-state and important trading center to a powerful, wide-spread empire. At is zenith in the seventh century BC, the Assyrian Empire (883-609 BC) dominated much of the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean, stretching from the Persian Gulf in the south to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. Assyria's heartland, an area also referred to as Subartu, roughly corresponds to northern Iraq (Nineveh Governorate) and includes the numerous important cities, especially Aššur (Assyria's traditional religious and administrative capital), Kalhu, Dur-Šarrukin, and Nineveh (the capital of the Assyrian Empire).