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After the Hittites, Phrygians, Cimmerians and Persians dominated
the region. Darius divides the region into two by giving the name of
“Kapadokya” to the central Anatolia area. One was Cappadocia, the other
was called Pont–Cappadocia, and Develi and its environs remained in the
Great Cappadocia Kingdom and were referred to as “Gabadonya”. After
the Persians, Cappadocia, the Roman province, continues to exist as one
of the seven parts of Byzantine after the division of the Roman Empire
into two.
In the Roman period Develi is an important settlement, and with the
spread of Christianity, the importance also increases. The Byzantines make
the Gereme in the southern skirts of Erciyes a religious center to spread
Christianity. During the III. Basileos period (1021), the Armenians who were
expelled from the Vaspuragan region of Van are placed in the vicinity of
Develi (Gabadonia). When Armenians use Develi and its surroundings as
the center of the revolt, it loses its retention ability. The fact that existing
structures in Develi add date back to VI. Century is for this reason.
The Islamic army has organized many expeditions to Anatolia and all
the ways have caused the Kayseri city to be exposed to the influx and
invasion throughout history. After Byzantine, Kayseri was bound to Abbasid
for 160 years, passed to Byzantium again in 968, and after 1071 Malazgirt
Victory, it became the homeland of Anatolian Turcomans, spreading to
the eastern and middle parts of this new country. Gereme has lost its
importance in the Byzantine period.
The geologist Hamilton comes to Kayseri on July 28, 1837, and ascends
to Mount Erciyes. As he descends from the mountain, he sees the remains
of the ruins of the remainder of the hill on the hill next to the present
Gereme. It is found here in various Byzantine churches, columns and ruins
of graves. Especially; large, simple, unadorned and dismal without exam-
ining the Byzantine church worn out with brown trachyte stone without
the use of cement. He says that the church is quite perfect as well as the

den sürülen Ermeniler, Develi (Gabadonia) ve çevresine yerleştirilirler.
Ermeniler, Develi ve çevresini iskan merkezi olarak kullanınca, Gereme
iskan özelliğini kaybeder. Gereme’deki mevcut yapıların hepsinin VI.
yüzyıla tarihlendirilmesi, buna delildir.
İslam ordularının Anadolu’ya bir çok sefer düzenlemesi ve tüm
yolların uğrak noktasında Kayseri’nin olması, tarih boyunca Kayseri
şehrinin akın ve istilalara maruz kalmasına sebep olmuştur. Kayseri,
Bizans’tan sonra 160 yıl kadar Abbasiler’e bağlı olmuş, 968 tarihinde
tekrar Bizans’ın eline geçmiş, 1071 Malazgirt Zaferi’nden sonra ise,
Anadolu Türkmenlerin yurdu haline gelirken, bu yeni ülkenin doğu
ve orta kısımlarına yayılmaya başlamışlardır. Gereme, Bizans Döne-
mi'ndeki önemini artık kaybetmiştir.
Jeolog Hamilton, 28 Temmuz 1837’de Kayseri’ye gelir ve Erciyes
Dağı’na çıkarak incelemelerde bulunur. Dağdan inerken şimdiki
Gereme’nin yanında bulunan tepenin üstünde, Gereme harabelerinin
kalıntılarını görür. Burada çeşitli Bizans Dönemi kiliseleri, sütunları
ve mezarlardan oluşan harabelerde incelemelerde bulunur. Özellikle;