History of Cilicia
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Cilicia is the Latin and English language name of a region of southern Anatolia and the northern Levant from the 2nd millennium BC. The region was part of many different cultural and political spheres in succession, including the Hittites, Ancient Greece, Roman Empire, Abbasid Caliphate, the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, and the Turkish Ramadanid Emirate.
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Cilicia in antiquity | |
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Ancient region of Anatolia | |
Location | South Anatolia |
State existed: | 16th–14th century BC (as Kizzuwatna) 12th–8th century BC (as Khilikku, Tabal, Quwê) (until 546 BC) |
Language | Luwian, Akkadian, Phoenician, Ancient Greek; Persian, Armenian |
Historical capitals | Tarsus |
Persian satrapy | Cilicia |
Roman province | Cilicia |
Area | 32,000 km2 (12,300 sq mi)[1] |
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