Cilicia
Sign in to saveCilicia (, ) is a geographical region of southern Anatolia in West Asia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Cilicia borders Pamphylia to the west, Lycaonia and Cappadocia to the north, Commagene to the north-east, Syria to the east and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Cilicia has a population ranging over six million, concentrated mostly at the Cilician plain (). The region includes the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye and Hatay.
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Cilicia is a geographical region in southern Turkey (Anatolia) along the northeastern Mediterranean coast, bordered by several other ancient regions and home to about six million people concentrated mainly on the Cilician plain. The region encompasses four modern provinces—Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye, and Hatay—and has historically been significant as a crossroads between the Mediterranean and inland Anatolia.
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69 sectionsContents
- Name
- Geography
- Rough Cilicia
- Plain Cilicia
- Climate
- Geology
- History
- Neolithic
- Chalcolithic
- Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Kingdom of Cilicia
- Submission to the Achaemenid Empire
- Satrapy of Cilicia
- Hellenistic period
- Roman and Byzantine periods
- Early Islamic period
- Armenian Cilicia and the Crusades
- Mongols
- Turkmens
- Collapse
- Mamluk and Turkmen rule
- Ottoman period
- Modern era
- Republic of Turkey
- Legacy
- Society and culture
- Ancient
- Ethnicity
- Persian influence
- Cultural diversity
- Social organisation
- Modern
- Administrative structure
- Ancient
- Achaemenid
- Hellenistic
- Modern
- Religion
- Ancient
- Demographics
- Economy
- Natural resources
- Agriculture
- Mining
- Manufacturing
- Commerce
- Tourism
- Balneary tourism
- Religious tourism
- Places of interest
- Ancient sites
- Parks and conservation areas
- Education
- Sports
- Transportation
- Air
- Sea
- Road
- Railway
- Society
- List of rulers
- Satraps
- Roman client kings
- Explanatory notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Cilicia (, ) is a geographical region of southern Anatolia in West Asia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Cilicia borders Pamphylia to the west, Lycaonia and Cappadocia to the north, Commagene to the north-east, Syria to the east and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Cilicia has a population ranging over six million, concentrated mostly at the Cilician plain (). The region includes the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye and Hatay.
== Name == The name of Cilicia () was derived from the Akkadian toponym (), which was the name used by the Neo-Assyrian Empire to designate the western part of what would become Cilicia.