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The Taurus mountains, seen from the north. In fact, "Taurus" is the
name of a series of mountain ranges, which begin as far to the west as
Caria
and Lycia, where it is called "Western Taurus". The Bey Daglari is 2086
meters high. The central part of this line of mountains is the range that
separates
Cilicia
from Cappadocia.
Here, the highest peak is the Kali dag, which is 3734 meters high. |
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The Taurus, east of Ulukisla. From here, the range known as Antitaurus
stretches to the northeast, and continues to the river Euphrates,
where the famous Nemrud dagi (pictures)
is the last mountain. King Antiochus of Commagene (70-31 BCE) built a tomb
on the summit of Nemrud dagi. On the other side of Euphrates begins Armenia.
The mountains across the river are also called Antitaurus. |
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The Taurus near Pozanti. Southeast of this place is the Amanian Gate,
which separates the Taurus of the Amanian Mountains, which run to the south,
in the direction of the Lebanon. If these four mountain ranges are conceptualized
as a T, the Western Taurus, central Taurus, and Antitaurus are the horizontal
bar and the Amanian Mountains the vertical bar. |
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The Cilician
Gate, which is one of the main gateways from Central Anatolia to the
Mediterranean. In Antiquity, it was very narrow and therefore of great
strategic importance. Among the commanders who forced this pass were Alexander
the Great (333 BCE) and Septimius
Severus(193/194 CE). |
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