 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research Home
 Tools Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vernacular Display | English Display |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Click the  icon to view the hierarchy. |
|
|
Cilicia (general region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 034 20 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 34.3333 decimal degrees |
|
Note: Ancient district of southern Asia Minor, bounded by the Taurus and Anti-Taurus Mountain Ranges, and the Mediterranean Sea.The area was conquered by Cyrus and became a satrapy of Persian empire, 6th-4th centuries BCE. In the 4th century it came successively under Macedonian and Seleucid rule. Cilicia was later conquered by Romans, becoming a Roman province in the first century BCE. Muslim Arabs occupied eastern Cilicia from the 7th century CE until 964, when Nicephorus II Phocas reconquered it for Byzantium. It became an independent Armenian principality known as Lesser Armenia; it joined the Crusaders against the Greeks. Conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1515. Part of Cilicia was awarded to French Syria after World War I by the Treaty of Sèvres but France abandoned its claims in 1921 in the face of Turkish resistance. The area has many noteworthy early Christian monuments. |
Names: |
|
| Cilicia (preferred,C,V,English)
|
| Cilicia (Spanish,U)
|
| Cilicia (Italian,U)
|
| Chukur Ova (C,V)
|
| Armenia, Lesser (C,O)
|
| Lesser Armenia (C,O)
|
| Cilician Armenia (C,O)
|
| Armenian Cilicia (C,O)
|
| Cilicie (C,O,French)
|
| Cilician (C,O)
|
| Çukurova (C,U)
|
| Kilikien (C,U,German)
|
| Κιλικία (C,U,Ancient Greek)
|
| Kizzuwadna (H,V)
|
............ | Hittite |
| Little Armenia (H,O)
|
............ | refers to principality, 1080 |
| Petite Arménie (H,O,French,U,N)
|
|
Hierarchical Position: |
|
|
.... |
Asia (continent) (P) |
|
............ |
Cilicia (general region) (P) |
|
Additional Parents: |
|
|
........ |
Cilicia (general region) (P,H) from the 1st century BCE |
|
Place Types: |
|
| general region (preferred, C) |
|
| kingdom (H) |
............ |
founded 1198 |
| principality (H) |
............ |
founded 1080 |
| province (H) |
............ |
of the Roman Empire, from the 1st century BCE |
| satrapy (H) |
............ |
of Persian Empire, 6th century BCE |
| former administrative division (C) |
|
| first level subdivision (H) |
|
|
Sources and Contributors: |
|
|
|
