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    Cyprus (/ˈsaɪprəs/ ), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, north of the Sinai Peninsula, south of...
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    The Principality of Samos (Greek: Ηγεμονία της Σάμου, Igemonía tis Sámou; Ottoman Turkish: Sisam İmâreti; Turkish: Sisam Beyliği) was an autonomous tributary...
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    The Heraion of Samos was a large sanctuary to the goddess Hera, on the island of Samos, Greece, 6 km southwest of the ancient city of Samos (modern Pythagoreion)...
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    BC Olbia Patrasys Tamyrake Tyras by Dniester Aegean Mytilene Rhodes Samos Cyprus Evagoras I king c.410 BC Egypt Inaros rebel c.460 BC Ionian Islands Corcyra...
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    (/pəˈlɪkrəˌtiːz/; Greek: Πολυκράτης), son of Aeaces, was the tyrant of Samos from the 540s BC to 522 BC. He had a reputation as both a fierce warrior...
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  • Including the islands just off the coast of Asia Minor, such as Rhodes, Kos, Samos, Chios, Lesbos, Kastellorizo, Strongyli Megistis, and Ro. Excluding Madeira...
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    1927) - Cyprus Telescopus fallax fallax (Fleischmann, 1831) - Northeastern Italy, Greece (Paros, Mykonos, Antiparos, Crete, Kalymnos, Samos, Kimolos...
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    Eyalet of Cyprus (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت قبرص, Eyālet-i Ḳıbrıṣ) was an eyalet (province) of the Ottoman Empire made up of the island of Cyprus, which was...
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    Cyprus (Greek: Κύπρος, Kýpros) or the Theme of Cyprus (Greek: θέμα Κύπρου, théma Kýprou) was a Byzantine province located in the island of Cyprus, established...
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    the eastern part of it, apparently evolved into the theme of Samos. The theme of Samos, with its governing strategos, is first documented in Philotheos's...
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    in Kefallinía, Kríti, Pelopónnisos, Sámos, and Zante. Kritikia in Icaria, Kríti, some areas of Pelopónnisos, Sámos, and some areas of Zante. Ladolia in...
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  • in 1951. As of May 2019[update] it contains only three species, found in Cyprus, Greece, and Korea: J. bidens, J. falconeri, and J. sexoculata. List of...
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    October 2020 about 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of the Greek island of Samos. Although Samos was closest to the epicentre, it was the Turkish city İzmir, 70 km...
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    from 10th-century BC Attic Proto-geometric pottery found in Crete and at Samos, off the coast of Asia Minor. Religion in the Greek Dark Ages is seen to...
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    only found on the island of Samos, having disappeared from the other islands in recent years. Conservation efforts on Samos are being led by the Archipelagos...
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    Samos (Greek: Στρατοπολιτικόν Σύστημα Σάμου) was a provisional regime that existed in the island of Samos during the Greek War of Independence. Samos...
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    Mediterranean Sea. The two main island countries in the region are Malta and Cyprus, while other countries with islands in the Mediterranean Sea include Croatia...
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    city-states Andros Delos Khios Lesbos Milos Minoans Pholegandros Rhodes Samos Syracuse, Sicily Zakynthos Lordship of Chios Kingdom of Corsica (1736) Corsican...
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    Kyrenia (redirect from Kyrenia, Cyprus)
    on the northern coast of Cyprus, noted for its historic harbour and castle. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. While there is evidence...
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    stanzas and some of its stanzas are used as the national anthem of Greece and Cyprus. It was set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros in 1828 and is the longest national...
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    The Battle of Samos (Greek: Ναυμαχία της Σάμου) was a naval battle fought on August 5–17, 1824 off the Greek island of Samos during the Greek War of Independence...
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    Klazomenai, Mílētos, Samos, Myus, Chios, Samos, Mytilene, Mylasa, Termera, Kyme and Priene declare independence from Persian Empire 498 Cyprus (Except Amathos)...
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    The naval Battle of Salamis in 306 BC took place off Salamis, Cyprus between the fleets of Ptolemy I of Egypt and Antigonus I Monophthalmus, two of the...
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    dedicated an enclosed roofed temple sanctuary, at Samos about 800 BCE. It was replaced later by the Heraion of Samos, one of the largest of all Greek temples (altars...
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    gone about starting to extend the League in Asia Minor. The islands of Samos, Chios and Lesbos seem to have become members of the original Hellenic alliance...
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  • the works of the cyclic poets has survived. Homer Stasinus of Cyprus Creophylus of Samos Panyassis of Halicarnassus Arctinus of Miletus Lesches of Pyrrha...
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  • The poet Aeschrion of Samos claimed that Polycrates was the author of the sex manual traditionally attributed to Philaenis of Samos. John Lemprière (1839)...
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  • Aeolos TV - Mytilene Alithia TV - Chios Patrida TV - Chios Samiaki TV - Samos Syros TV1 - Ermoupoli Volcano TV - Santorini Dodecanese Aigaio TV - Kalymnos...
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    Greek language (category Languages of Cyprus)
    independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of...
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    century) Saint Justa, nun. Venerable Nestor. Saint Leo of Samos (Leontos), Bishop of Samos, Wonderworker (9th century) Peter of Braga (Peter of Rates)...
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