Cilician Gates

Cilician Gates
   Narrow defile through the Taurus (q.v.) range that was the chief passage from the plain of Cilicia into Asia Minor (qq.v.). A beacon system (q.v.) at the west end signaled the appearance of Arab (q.v.) raiders. Cities situated near the Cilician Gates, such as Tyana (q.v.), were attacked repeatedly in the eighth and ninth centuries.

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  • Cilician Gates — geographical name mountain pass S Turkey in Taurus Mountains …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Cilician Gates — a mountain pass in SE Asia Minor, connecting Cappadocia and Cilicia. Turkish, Gülek Bogaz. * * * …   Universalium

  • CILICIAN GATES —    the pass across Mount Taurus by which Alexander the Great entered Cilicia …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Cilician Gates — /saɪˈlɪʃən/ (say suy lishuhn) plural noun a narrow mountain pass in south eastern Turkey; a historical route leading from Cappadocia into Cilicia. Turkish, Gülek Bogaz …  

  • Cilician Gates — a mountain pass in SE Asia Minor, connecting Cappadocia and Cilicia. Turkish, Gülek Bogaz …   Useful english dictionary

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