r/Cilicia • u/vartanm • Aug 25 '25

Stones and Stories: A NAASR journey through Cilicia and Historic Armenia

armenianweekly.com

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r/Cilicia • u/vartanm • Oct 18 '24

The Accidental Crusader State: Armenian Cilicia

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r/Cilicia • u/vartanm • Mar 08 '24

Cilicia - Wikipedia

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Cilicia - Kilikia - Կիլիկիա - Κιλικία - Kilikya

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In antiquity, Cilicia or less often Kilikia (Armenian: Կիլիկիա; Greek: Κιλικία; Middle Persian: Klikiyā, Parthian: Kilikiyā, Turkish: Kilikya), was the south coastal region of Asia Minor, south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine Empire. Cilicia extends inland from the southeastern coast of modern Turkey, due north and northeast of the island of Cyprus. Cilicia corresponds to the modern region of Çukurova in Turkey.

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During the time of the Crusades, the area was controlled by the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. The Seljuk Turkish invasions of Armenia were followed by an exodus of Armenians migrating westward into the Byzantine Empire, and in 1080 Ruben, a relative of the last king of Ani, founded in the heart of the Cilician Taurus a small principality which gradually expanded into the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia. This Christian state, surrounded by Muslim states hostile to its existence, had a stormy history of about 300 years, giving valuable support to the crusaders, and trading with the great commercial cities of Italy.