Kingdom of Cilicia (ancient)

Kingdom of Cilicia
Hilakku
612 BC–549 BC
Kingdom of Cilicia in 6th century BC
Kingdom of Cilicia in 6th century BC
StatusIndependent
CapitalTarsus
Common languagesHieroglyphic Luwian, Phoenician
Religion
Luwian religion
GovernmentKingdom
Syennesis 
• 612 BC
Syennesis I
Historical eraIron Age
• Established
612 BC
• Disestablished
549 BC
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Achaemenid Empire
Today part ofTurkey

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.


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