Cilicia was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire, with its capital being Tarsus. It was conquered sometime in the 540's BC by Cyrus the Great. Cilicia was...

marked the end of the independence of Cilicia. After 400, it became a normal satrapy. Under the Persian empire, Cilicia (in Old Persian: Karka) was said to...

Dynasty or Dynasty 31), also known as the Second Egyptian Satrapy, was effectively a satrapy of the Achaemenid Persian Empire between 343 BC to 332 BC...

The Satrapy of Armenia (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 Armina or 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴𐎹 Arminiya), a region controlled by the Orontid dynasty (570–201 BC), was one of...

BC to keep the local administration with the Cilicians. Cilicia became an autonomous satrapy under the reign of Cyrus II. Cilicians were independent in...

occurring under the reign of Cyrus the Great, transformed Cilicia into an autonomous satrapy.[better source needed][clarification needed] The Cilicians...

37°00′N 35°30′E / 37.0°N 35.5°E / 37.0; 35.5 The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (Middle Armenian: Կիլիկիոյ Հայոց Թագաւորութիւն, Kiligio Hayoc’ T’akavorut’iun)...

numismatic trends were nevertheless traced to the area of Tarsos and Cilicia (satrapy) in the coastal Asia Minor, which was the economically flourishing...

in the heart of Cilicia, which was once one of the most important regions of the classical world. Home to six million people, Cilicia is an important...

Achaemenid Persian noble and satrap of Cilicia and later satrap of Babylon for the Achaemenid Empire, a satrapy which he retained under Alexander the Great...

Satrapy of Armenia (570-331 B.C.), Kingdom of Armenia (331 B.C.-428 A.D.), Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia (885–1045) and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia...

then by the Persian Empire. As the principal town of Cilicia, Tarsus was the seat of a Persian satrapy from 400 BC onward. Indeed, Xenophon records that...

in the south by the chain of the Taurus Mountains that separate it from Cilicia, to the east by the upper Euphrates, to the north by Pontus, and to the...

the closing months of World War I. Battle of the Cilician Gates Cilicia Cilicia (satrapy) Gülek Caspian Gates "Mersin-Coğrafya" (in Turkish). Mersin Şehir...

Dynasty 27), also known as the First Egyptian Satrapy (Old Persian: Mudrāya), was a province (Satrapy) of the Achaemenid Persian Empire between 525 BC...

initially included Cilicia, also known as Cappadocia-beside-the-Taurus, and Paphlagonia. Assyria was a Main Satrapy of the Great Satrapy of Babylon, and...

east and secured control of Babylon (his old satrapy), and then went on to secure the eastern satrapies of Alexander's empire. Antigonus, having defeated...

The root of the kingdom lies in one of the satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia called Armenia (Satrapy of Armenia), which was formed from the territory...

of Cappadocia, an ancient region in central Anatolia. The Satrapy of Capadocia was a satrapy (province) of the Achaemenid Empire until its conquest by...

(Seleucus and Antigenes) while unsuccessfully trying to invade Ptolemy's satrapy of Egypt. With the death of Perdiccas in 321 BC, a new attempt at dividing...

geometric pottery characteristic of the Archaic period. Cilicia became a vassal state to and satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire after the reign of Cyrus the...

Satrapy of Armenia, also known as Orontid Armenia Kingdom of Sophene Kingdom of Commagene Greater Armenia Lesser Armenia Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia,...

eleven satrapies were; Melitene, Cataonia, Cilicia, Tyanitis, Garsauritis, Laouiansene, Sargarausene, Saraouene, Chamanene, Morimene, and Cilicia Tracheia...

somatophylakes, in the place of Balacrus, who was promoted to the satrapy of Cilicia. In 331 BC, after Alexander had occupied Susa, he sent Menes down...

castle), were an Armenian dynasty and the rulers of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1226 to 1341. Hethum I, the first of the Hethumids, came to power...

also known as Hieropolis and Hierapolis (Greek: Ίεράπολις) was a city in Cilicia (modern southern Turkey), near the Ceyhan River (ancient Pyramus). The...

History portal Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley Achaemenid Empire Satrapies Herodotus Book III, 89-95 Archibald, Zosia; Davies, John K.; Gabrielsen...

fall of Perdiccas the same year, he was still allowed to retain his satrapy of Cilicia. No information exists beyond then. Smith, William (editor); Dictionary...

Phrygia, Cappadocia and Paphlagonia, Lydia and Cilicia All sources agree on the distribution of these satrapies to, respectively, Antigonus, Leonnatus, Eumenes...

part of Alexander's empire. Seleucus further made claim to the former satrapies in Gandhara and in eastern India. However these ambitions were contested...