Cilicia (region)

region · 1000 BC – 640 AD · location approximate

An ancient region, stretching along the southern coast of Asia Minor as far north as the Taurus mountains and westward from the Amanus mountains to the river Melas or, according to some ancient commentators, all the way to the coastal city of Korakesion (modern Alanya in Turkey)

Coordinates

36.58646, 33.91058

Also known as

Cilicia (la), Cilicia (la), Hilakku, Hilakki (akk), Hilakkāja, Hilakkāya (akk), Hilukkāja, Hilukkāya (akk)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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