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The majority of the Sivas Province is under the effect of the terrestrial Central Anatolian Region climate in which the summer seasons are hot and dry while winter seasons are cold and snowy. However the northern region of the province is effected by the Black Sea Climate while the eastern portion is affected by the properties of the Eastern Anatolian higher regional climate.
According to the written historical sources, the region of Sivas province was first inhabited during the period of the Hittite civilization by the beginning of BC 2000 and become an important settlement. The region then encountered the reign of Frigian, Lydian, Asurian, Roman, Byzantine, Seljukian, Danisment, ilhanli, Eretna and Ottoman civilizations.
The foundations of the modern Turkish Republic was laid in the Sivas Congress assembled in 4 September 1919 at the presidency of Great Leader Atatürk and therefore the province of Sivas had become an important city for the History of the Turkish nation