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]
Location of Cilicia within the classical regions of Asia Minor/Anatolia
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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