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Cilicia. Not to be confused with Silesia. / 36.985; 35.120. Cilicia ( / sɪˈlɪʃə /) [3] [note 1] was a geographical region in southern Anatolia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Cilicia has a population ranging over six million, concentrated mostly at the Cilicia plain.
List of rivers. Kura River basin. Aras River in the vicinity of Jolfa-Iran border. Hrazdan River in Yerevan. Approximately 4.7 percent of the territory of Armenia consists of rivers. The longest river of Armenia is the Aras (also called Araks, Arax), which lies on the country's border with Iran and a large part of the border with Turkey.
Coins from the Cilician Armenia. Cilician Armenia (Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia) was a principality and later a kingdom in todays south Turkey with its center between Taurus and Amonos mountains. Founded around 1080 by Rubenid dynasty, its importance rose during the crusades as ally of western knights. With Crusader states demise, its importance ...
Cilicia's significance in Armenian history and statehood is also attested by the transfer of the seat of the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, spiritual leader of the Armenian people, to the region. In 1198, with the crowning of Leo I, King of Armenia of the Rubenid dynasty, Cilician Armenia became a kingdom.
Battle of Iconium (1190) / 37.8667; 32.4833. The Battle of Iconium (sometimes referred as the Battle of Konya) took place on May 18, 1190, during the Third Crusade, in the expedition of Frederick Barbarossa to the Holy Land. As a result, Iconium, the capital city of the Sultanate of Rûm under Kilij Arslan II, fell to the Imperial forces.
The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, also known as Cilician Armenia Lesser Armenia, or New Armenia and formerly known as the Armenian Principality of Cilicia was an Armenian state formed during the High Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia. Located outside the Armenian Highlands and distinct from the Kingdom of ...
