Strabon, a writer of antiquety, describes the borders of the Cappadocian Region, in his 17 volume book "Geographika" (Geography-Anatolia XII, XIII, XIVI) written during the reign of Roman Emperor Augustus. Cappadocia was discribed as a very large area surrounded by Taurus Mountains in the south, by Aksaray in the west, Malatya in the east and all the way up to the Black Sea coast in the north. Though, present day Cappadocia is the area covered by the city provinces of Nevsehir, Aksaray, Nigde, Kayseri and Kirsehir. The smaller rocky region of Cappadocia is the area around Uçhisar, Göreme, Avanos, Ürgüp, Derinkuyu, Kaymakli and Ihlara.