Kingdom of Cilicia (ancient)
The Kingdom of Cilicia was an independent state that existed from 612 BC to 549 BC. The state was governed by the Syennesis dynasty, possibly from Greeks that moved into Cilicia towards the end of the Bronze Age. Prior to and after the independent kingdom, the Syennesis dynasty ruled Cilicia as autonomous state under the Neo-Assyrian Empire and the Achaemenid Empire.
Kingdom of Cilicia Hilakku | |||||||||
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| 612 BC–549 BC | |||||||||
Kingdom of Cilicia in 6th century BC | |||||||||
| Status | Independent | ||||||||
| Capital | Tarsus | ||||||||
| Common languages | Hieroglyphic Luwian, Phoenician | ||||||||
| Religion | Luwian religion | ||||||||
| Government | Kingdom | ||||||||
| Syennesis | |||||||||
• 612 BC | Syennesis I | ||||||||
| Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||
• Established | 612 BC | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 549 BC | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Turkey | ||||||||
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