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Eintrag vom: 12.08.2013.

Israel is located in Asia specifically in the Middle East?a region that spans parts of three continents: Asia Africa and Europe. This geographical overlap often leads to confusion about Israel?s continental identity.

 

One such region is Asia Minor a term that surfaces in many historical and biblical discussions. But where exactly was Asia Minor in biblical times and what significance did it hold in the biblical narrative? Geographical Boundaries of Asia Minor Asia Minor is the historical name for a peninsula that forms the westernmost part of Asia.

 

Israel's location is at the crossroads of Europe Asia and Africa and its historical and cultural ties to the Middle East have contributed to its classification as part of that region.

 

Israel [a] officially the State of Israel [b] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It shares borders with Lebanon to the north Syria to the north-east Jordan to the east Egypt to the south-west and the Mediterranean Sea to the west.

 

Ancient Asia Minor is a geographic region located in the south-western part of Asia comprising most of present-day Turkey. The earliest reference to the region comes from tablets of the Akkadian Dynasty (2334-2083 BCE) where it was known as The Land of the Hatti and was inhabited by the Hittites.

 

Israel is located on the far left of Asia. Politically Israel does not have ties with the rest of Asia specifically the Middle East. Since Israel's independence in 1948 it has been in conflict with most of its Arab neighbors in the Middle East.