Cappadocia

In ancient geography, Cappadocia (spelled Kapadokya in Turkish) (Greek: ??????????; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was an extensive inland district of Asia Minor (modern Turkey). In the time of Herodotus the Cappadocians occupied the whole region from Mount Taurus to the Euxine (Black Sea).

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Geography - Turkish - Greek - List of traditional Greek place names - Asia Minor - Turkey - Herodotus - Mount Taurus - Black Sea

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Cappadocia, in this sense, was bounded in the south by the chain of Mount Taurus, to the east by the Euphrates, north by Pontus, and west vaguely by the great central salt desert. But it is impossible to define its limits with accuracy. Strabo, the only ancient author who gives any circumstantial account of the country, greatly exaggerated its dimensions; it is now believed to have been about 250 miles in length by less than 150 in breadth.

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Mount Taurus - Euphrates - Pontus - Strabo

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