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from:-1750 till:-1500 shift:(-8,0) text:Hittite Old &
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from:-1000 till:-700 shift:(0,0) text:Tuwanuwa
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from:-1700 till:-1400 shift:(2,0) text:"Troy VI"
from:-1300 till:-1190 shift:(-6,0) text:"Troy VIIa"
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from:1378 till:1452 shift:(23,0) color:mushia text:Ak Koyunlu
from:1452 till:1461 shift:(0,0) color:mus
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from:1469 till:1507 shift:(0,0) color:mus
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from:1375 till:1468 shift:(17,0) color:mushia text:Kara Koyunlu
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from:-1200 till:-675 shift:(8,0) text:"Phrygia"
from:-283 till:-133 shift:(26,0) color:othe text:Kingdom of Pergamon
from:-336 till:-323 shift:(-50,0) text:"Alexander"
from:1071 till:1178 shift:(-61,0) color:mushia text:Danishmends
from:1211 till:1309 shift:(-3,0) color:mus text:Çob.
from:1335 till:1381 shift:(-1,0) color:orange text:Eretna &
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from:1201 till:1243 shift:(-1,0) color:mus text:Ay
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from:-1150 till:-547 shift:(-25,0) text:Caria
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from:-2334 till:-2193 shift:(-26,0) text:Akkadian Empire
from:-911 till:-605 shift:(-140,0) text:"Assyrian Occupation of the Southeastern Anatolia"
from:-281 till:-64 shift:(38,0) text:Galatia
from:632 till:732 shift:(-25,0) color:mus text:"Muslim conquests"
from:1071 till:1100 shift:(93,0) color:orange text:"Anatolian Beyliks"
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from:1445 till:1480 shift:(0,0) color:mus
from:1480 till:1515 shift:(0,0) color:mushia
from:1515 till:1608 shift:(0,0) color:mus
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from:-1180 till:-720 shift:(8,0) text:Neo-Hittites
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from:-685 till:-547 shift:(25,0) color:othe text:Lydia
from:-302 till:330 shift:(18,0) text:"Kingdom of Iberia"
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from:1071 till:1100 shift:(-73,0) color:mus text:Selçuks of Rüm
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from:1125 till:1150 shift:(0,0) color:mushia
from:1150 till:1175 shift:(0,0) color:orange
from:1175 till:1200 shift:(0,0) color:mus
from:1200 till:1225 shift:(0,0) color:red
from:1225 till:1250 shift:(0,0) color:mushia
from:1250 till:1275 shift:(0,0) color:orange
from:1275 till:1307 shift:(0,0) color:mus
from:1352 till:1500 shift:(0,0) color:mus text:Ramadanids
from:1500 till:1608 shift:(35,0) color:mus text:of Cilicia
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from:-2300 till:-1400 shift:(-32,0) text:Luvians
from:-859 till:-585 shift:(-30,0) text:Urartu
from:-297 till:-74 shift:(-37,0) text:Bithynia
from:600 till:813 shift:(-95,0) color:red text:Georgian Bagrationis in
from:813 till:1012 shift:(-20,0) color:red text:Tao-Klarjeti
from:1204 till:1261 shift:(-22,0) color:red text:Nicaea
from:1299 till:1922 shift:(12,0) color:mus text:Ottoman Empire
from:1923 till:end shift:(-1,0) color:sec text:Türkiye
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from:-1350 till:-164 shift:(-33,0) text:Colchis
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at:476 shift:(0, 12) text:"Middle Ages"
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from:-1199 till:-586 shift:(0, 0) color:skyblue text:Iron Age
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from:1100 till:1291 shift:(0, 0) color:red text:Crusades
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from:1790 till:end shift:(0, 0) color:skyblue text:"Modern Europe"
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