Cilicia - Wikipedia Cilicia has a population ranging over six million, concentrated mostly at the Cilician plain (Turkish: Çukurova) The region includes the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye and Hatay
Cilicia | Anatolia, History, Map | Britannica Cilicia, ancient district of southern Anatolia, bounded on the north and west by the Taurus Mountain Range, on the east by the Anti-Taurus, and on the south by the Mediterranean Sea
Cilicia - World History Encyclopedia Cilicia is the ancient Roman name for the southeastern region of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) It is referenced in the biblical books of Acts and Galatians, was the birthplace of Saint Paul, and the site of his early evangelical missions
The Roman Province of Cilicia Map - Bible Study Cilicia is referenced eight times in the Bible (Acts 6:9, 15:23, 41, 21:39, 22:3, 23:34, 27:5, Galatians 1:21) New Testament cities within this province include Tarsus (hometown of Apostle Paul, Acts 21:39) and the Cyprus cities of Salamis (Acts 13:5) and Paphos (verse 6)
Cilicia - Livius Cilicia: ancient name of what is now southern Turkey The Persian king Cyrus the Great conquered this country, and after the fall of the Achaemenid empire, Cilicia belonged to the Seleucid and Roman Empires It was well-known for its iron and silver ores
The 5 Gates of Cilicia - biblicalturkey. org This second set of “Cilician Gates” forms the southern entrance into Cilicia It is located in Sariseki, 5 kilometers north of Iskenderun, where the Amanus Mountains descend directly into the sea, thus funneling traffic along the coast
Cultures | Cilicia Cilicia is a region with a rich and diverse history, from its early settlements and Hittite influences to its roles in the Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods
Upland Empire: The Indigenous Ecology of Ottoman Cilicia Chris Gratien examines how the yayla was integral to the local ecology of Ottoman Cilicia as a shared temporal and spatial dimension of culture This local ecology, in turn, shaped society, politics, and the historical evolution of the region up until the Tanzimat reforms
Cilicia - Jatland Wiki Cilicia was the south coastal region of Asia Minor and existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia during the late Byzantine Empire