Cappadocia (satrapy)

Achaemenid Cappadocia
Cappadocian soldier of the Achaemenid army circa 470 BCE. Xerxes I tomb relief.
Location of Achaemenid Cappadocia.

Cappadocia (from Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎏𐎹𐎣 Katpatuka) was a satrapy (province) of the Achaemenid Empire located in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). It was used by the Achaemenids to administer the regions beyond the Taurus Mountains and the Euphrates river.

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