Under the southern and western slopes of the reservoir Aslantas Domuztepe'nin Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze and Iron ages, that of the settlements in the district of çıkarılmıştır.Kadirli Topraktepe mound, stony mound, Ispir mound, Tırmıl Cevdetiye mounds and mounds in the town are Karataşlı. Future research in this area is much fertile land and wetlands, a large number of mounds, waiting to go face the day.
Gökçedam village, 500 m south of the castle cliffs Hemite Babaoğlan processed, and the fortress of the king relief of 300 m. the hill away from the face of a rearing horse on the person and his depictions of people vaziyetteki prays, is similar to the Hittite king reliefs. The kings of the Hittite written sources and the people of this region is referred to often.
King, Late Hittite city Asativata (8th century BC.) Karatepe kurmuştur.M.Ö a border fortress. V. and the fourth century. The Persians who ruled Anatolia, Çukurova, in the east of the egemendiler.M.Ö. IV. century. end, and BC I century AD. the dominant force in the region of the mid-Seleukoslardır.M.Ö. 333 Great Emperor Alexander IV. Dariusu Dortyol eaten plain. Rock tombs, necropolis areas, some of the fundamentals of the castles of stone and masonry and architectural items from the ruins of the Hellenistic period, indicating that the settlement in these areas.
All of Cilicia, suffered damage from an earthquake in 524 cities. Emperor Justinian in 561, a second earthquake in Cilicia, which was completely destroyed all the cities. After that, the outbreak of plague in urban and rural areas had led to great loss of life? R.
Anno Domini After 1332 the control of the district, Mamelukes. 1352'de Ramazanoğulları principalities, 1517, then was taken over by the Ottoman state. These places, the dominant tribal principalities, was organized as a flag. If this flag during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, before the name of Üzeyirli Zülkadriye province, and later started the Aleppo province.
Establish the authority of the central government, but the traveler, the central government does not recognize, inhabited by tribes that do not tax and soldiers, for disciplining in 1865 a military force created by Division-I Islahiye. Cevdet Pasha was appointed to the region and the dignity of a queen-i Islahiye sects are his commands. At that time, began to Adana center Payas 1877 banner in the land productive, and because it is implanted in Yarpuz'a Gavur Jabal-i Bereket Mountain (Mountains of fertility) is called. Payas and Osmanabad accidents başlanmıştır.2 this banner. After the Constitution was transferred to the central flag Osmaniye.