The Central Anatolian region encompasses an extensive high plateau separated by numerous mountain ranges from the Black Sea to the north and by the Taurus mountain range from the Mediterranean regions of the south. While significant northern portions of the Cankiri and Corum provinces are delineated as belonging to the Black Sea geographical region, their major parts as well as their cultural affinity and historical connections dictate that they be placed in the Central Anatolian region together with Elmadag, Sivrihisar, Kayseri, Kirsehir, Konya and Sivas. Like all of Anatolia, the central region was home to various civilizations and cultures, among them Hittite, Phrygian, Paphlagonian, Galatian and Lycaonian, not to mention Macedonian, Roman, Byzantine and Turkish.
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