Cilicia
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![Fugitive slave treaty between Idrimi of Alalakh (now Tell Atchana) and Pillia of Kizzuwatna (now Cilicia), (c. 1480 BC) Ref:131447 .](/Images/godic/202501/04/Slave_treaty_tablet5358.jpg")
![The Persian Pharnabazus, pictured, as Satrap of Cilicia (379-374 BC). British Museum.](/Images/godic/202501/04/Pharnabazus_silver_stater_as_Satrap_of_Cilicia_379_374_BC5358.jpg")
![A Roman-period triumphal arch at Anazarbus, later converted into the city's south gate](/Images/godic/202501/04/Anazarbus_klikya_city_south_gate5358.jpg")
In antiquity, Cilicia (/sɪˈlɪʃiə/) or less often Kilikia (Armenian:Կիլիկիա; Greek:Κιλικία; Middle Persian: Klikiyā, Parthian: Kilikiyā, Turkish:Kilikya), was the south coastal region of Asia Minor. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and 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.