Ancient Greek colonies on the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara
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Map title
Ancient Greek colonies on the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara
Type
Type
Historical.
Type
Sketch.
Type
Archaeological.
Description
The most important colonies on both sides of the Hellespont / Dardanelles and the Propontis / Sea of Marmara (with their ancient Greek names): Archaic and Classical period, 700 - 300 BC.
On the European coast (Thrace / European Turkey), the Asian coast (the Troad peninsula and Bithynia / NW part of Asian Turkey) and the Marmara Islands, a cluster of small islands in the Propontis, between Europe and Asia. Also shown are the rivers: Hebros / Evros / Turk. Meriç (with the ancient Greek city Ainos / modern Enez at its eastern mouth, in the NE Aegean), Ergines / Ergene (tributary of the Hebros) and Sangarios / Sakarya (flowing through Bithynia in Asia Minor and debouching into the Black Sea).
Tenedos / Turk. Bozcaada, a small island located in the NE Aegean, appears as well. It is close to the Troad peninsula (dominated by famous Troy) and the entrance to the Dardanelles.
Map series
GBS map 9
Publisher
The Panorama Cultural Society
Place of publication
Athens
Country of publication
Greece
Year of publication
2002
Languages
English
© APAN
Yes
Key words
Aeolian city-states.
Ainos / Enez.
Asia Minor.
Athenian colonies.
Bithynia.
Bosphorus / Bosphoros / Bosporos.
Byzantion, city-state.
Cyzicus / Kyzikos.
Dardanelles / Hellespont.
Doric city-states in the Propontis.
Eastern Thrace / European Turkey.
Ergene, river.
Evros, river / Hebrus, river.
Greek colonies.
Greek mythology.
Ionian city-states.
Iznik / Nicaea.
Kadıköy / Chalcedon.
Madytos / Eceabat.
Map.
Marmara Islands.
Milesian colonies.
Nicomedia / Izmit.
Olympos of Bithynia, mountain.
Prokonnesos / Proconnesus / Marmaras, island / Marmara Adası.
Propontis / Sea of Marmara.
Prussa / Bursa.
Raidestos / Raedestos / Tekirdağ.
Sakarya, river / Sangarios, river.
Samian colonies.
Sea of Marmara / Propontis.
Selymbria / Selybria / Selyvria / Silivri.
Tenedos / Bozcaada.
Thracian peninsula / Gallipoli peninsula.
Troad, peninsula.