Format: Hardback
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9781842175187
Pub Date: 03 May 2013
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: 260 col illus.
Description:
The region of Rough Cilicia (modern area the south-western coastal area of Turkey), known in antiquity as Cilicia Tracheia, constitutes the western part of the larger area of Cilicia. It is characterised by the ruggedness of its territory and the protection afforded by the high mountains combined with the rugged seacoast fostered the prolific piracy that developed in the late Hellenistic period, bringing much notoriety to the area. It was also known as a source of timber, primarily for shipbuilding.