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2700 BCE - 2400 BCE: Hatti and Luwian peoples living in Cilicia.
1700 BCE - 1200 BCE: Hittites control Cilicia.
1276 BCE - 1178 BCE: The Sea Peoples Ravage the Mediterranean including Cilicia.
700 BCE - 612 BCE: The Assyrian Empire holds Cilicia.
547 BCE - 333 BCE: Cilicia is part of the Persian Empire.
333 BCE - 323 BCE: Cilicia is a part of Alexander the Great's Empire.
323 BCE - 103 BCE: Cilicia divided between Ptolemies and Seleucids.
299 BCE: Demetrius I marries Stratonice, daughter of Seleucus I and in return Demetrius is given Cilicia.
103 BCE - 476 CE: Cilicia a province of Rome (Western Roman Empire).
476 CE - 1453 CE: Cilicia part of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).
700 CE: Cilicia taken in Muslim Invasion.
1080 CE - 1375 CE: Armenian Kingdom flourishes in Cilicia.