Anatolia the Mediterranean, Greeks in Late Antiquity came to use the name Μικρὰ Ἀσία ("Mikrá Asía") or Asia Minor, meaning "Lesser Asia" to refer to present-day Anatolia. The English-language name "Anatolia" itself derives from the Greek ("") meaning “the East” or more literally “sunrise” (comparable to the Latin-derived terms "levant" and "orient"). The precise reference of this term has varied over time, perhaps originally referring to the Aeolian, Ionian and Dorian colonies on the west coast of Asia Minor. In the Byzantine Empire, the Anatolic Theme (Ἀνατολικόν θέμα) was a "theme" covering the western and central parts of Turkey's present-day Central
In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia is a compilation album by Dutch trance producer and DJ Tiësto and his seventh and final contribution to the "In Search of Sunrise" compilation series. It was released on June 10, 2008, and was followed by a North American Tour during all of June. In 2008, Tiësto announced his , the tour was presented by Armani Exchange on May 23 and ended on July 4 at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on Friday 13, June. This tour was in support of the In Search of Sunrise compilation,