The Cilician Gates or Gülek Pass is a pass through the Taurus Mountains connecting the low plains of Cilicia to the Anatolian Plateau, by way of the narrow gorge of the Gökoluk River. Its highest elev
Gülek Pass
Cilicia is a geographical region of southern Anatolia in West Asia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Cilicia borders Pamphylia to the west, Lycaonia and Cappadoc
Cilician Gates
…The Cilician Gates or Gülek Pass is a pass through the Taurus Mountains connecting the low plains of Cilicia to the Anatolian Plateau, by way of the narrow gorge of the Gökoluk River. Its highest elevation is about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). The Cilician Gates…
Western part of the Achaemenid Empire
Probable captives from Cilicia, on the Nasiriyah stele of Naram-Sin, circa 2200 BC.
Fugitive slave treaty between Idrimi of Alalakh (now Tell Atchana) and Pilliya of Kizzuwatna (now Cilicia), (c. 1480 BC) Ref:131447 .
Coin of Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. Tarsos, Cilicia.