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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84g%C3%A4isches_Meer" title="Ägäisches Meer – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Ägäisches Meer" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8A%A4%E1%8C%8A%E1%8B%AB%E1%8A%95_%E1%89%A3%E1%88%85%E1%88%AD" title="ኤጊያን ባህር – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ኤጊያን ባህር" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egisca_S%C7%A3" title="Egisca Sǣ – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Egisca Sǣ" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A9" title="بحر إيجة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بحر إيجة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Echea" title="Mar Echea – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Mar Echea" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%A3%D5%A7%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%BE%D5%B8%D5%BE" title="Էգէական Ծով – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Էգէական Ծով" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Ex%C3%A9u" title="Mar Exéu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Mar Exéu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egey_d%C9%99nizi" title="Egey dənizi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Egey dənizi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%98%D9%87_%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C" title="اژه دنیزی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اژه دنیزی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segara_A%C3%A9g%C3%A9a" title="Segara Aégéa – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Segara Aégéa" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0" title="এজিয়ান সাগর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="এজিয়ান সাগর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegea_H%C3%A1i" title="Aegea Hái – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Aegea Hái" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D2%A3%D0%B3%D0%B5%D2%99%D0%B5" title="Эгей диңгеҙе – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Эгей диңгеҙе" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Эгейскае мора – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Эгейскае мора" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Эгейскае мора – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Эгейскае мора" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" title="एजियन सागर – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="एजियन सागर" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagat_Egeo" title="Dagat Egeo – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Dagat Egeo" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Бяло море – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бяло море" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egejsko_more" title="Egejsko more – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Egejsko more" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_Egea" title="Mor Egea – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Mor Egea" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Egea" title="Mar Egea – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mar Egea" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%C4%95%D1%81%C4%95" title="Эгей тинĕсĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Эгей тинĕсĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egejsk%C3%A9_mo%C5%99e" title="Egejské moře – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Egejské moře" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhahari_re_Eegi" title="Bhahari re Eegi – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Bhahari re Eegi" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Egeiu" title="Mari Egeiu – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Mari Egeiu" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B4r_Aegeaidd" title="Môr Aegeaidd – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Môr Aegeaidd" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_%C3%86g%C3%A6iske_Hav" title="Det Ægæiske Hav – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Det Ægæiske Hav" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A" title="لبحر لإيجي – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="لبحر لإيجي" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84g%C3%A4isches_Meer" title="Ägäisches Meer – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ägäisches Meer" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egejske_m%C3%B3rjo" title="Egejske mórjo – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Egejske mórjo" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egeuse_meri" title="Egeuse meri – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Egeuse meri" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%A0%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Αιγαίο Πέλαγος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αιγαίο Πέλαγος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Egeo" title="Mar Egeo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mar Egeo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egea_maro" title="Egea maro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Egea maro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Egeu" title="Mari Egeu – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Mari Egeu" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egeo" title="Egeo – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Egeo" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DA%98%D9%87" title="دریای اژه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دریای اژه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_Samundar" title="Aegean Samundar – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Aegean Samundar" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mer_%C3%89g%C3%A9e" title="Mer Égée – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mer Égée" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egeyske_See" title="Egeyske See – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Egeyske See" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Mhuir_Aeig%C3%A9ach" title="An Mhuir Aeigéach – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Mhuir Aeigéach" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_Muir_%C3%80igeanach" title="Am Muir Àigeanach – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Am Muir Àigeanach" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Exeo" title="Mar Exeo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Mar Exeo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EA%B2%8C%ED%95%B4" title="에게해 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="에게해" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B5%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AE%D5%B8%D5%BE" title="Եգեյան ծով – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Եգեյան ծով" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" title="ईजियन सागर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ईजियन सागर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egejske_morjo" title="Egejske morjo – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Egejske morjo" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egejsko_more" title="Egejsko more – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Egejsko more" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egea_maro" title="Egea maro – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Egea maro" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baybay_Egeo" title="Baybay Egeo – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Baybay Egeo" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laut_Aegea" title="Laut Aegea – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Laut Aegea" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Egee" title="Mar Egee – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Mar Egee" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%8B_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%B7" title="Эгейы денджыз – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Эгейы денджыз" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyjahaf" title="Eyjahaf – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Eyjahaf" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Egeo" title="Mar Egeo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mar Egeo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%92%D7%90%D7%99" title="הים האגאי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הים האגאי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagara_Aegea" title="Sagara Aegea – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Sagara Aegea" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%96%E1%83%A6%E1%83%95%E1%83%90" title="ეგეოსის ზღვა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ეგეოსის ზღვა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D2%A3%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%96" title="Эгей теңізі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Эгей теңізі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahari_ya_Aegean" title="Bahari ya Aegean – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Bahari ya Aegean" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deryaya_Egey%C3%AE" title="Deryaya Egeyî – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Deryaya Egeyî" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D2%A3%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8" title="Эгей деңизи – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Эгей деңизи" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegaeum_mare" title="Aegaeum mare – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Aegaeum mare" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egejas_j%C5%ABra" title="Egejas jūra – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Egejas jūra" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eg%C4%97jo_j%C5%ABra" title="Egėjo jūra – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Egėjo jūra" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ege%C3%AFsche_Zie" title="Egeïsche Zie – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Egeïsche Zie" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Ejeo" title="Mar Ejeo – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Mar Ejeo" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egeinmeri" title="Egeinmeri – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Egeinmeri" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Egee" title="Mar Egee – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Mar Egee" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89gei-tenger" title="Égei-tenger – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Égei-tenger" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Егејско Море – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Егејско Море" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranomasina_Egea" title="Ranomasina Egea – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Ranomasina Egea" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%88%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%BD" title="ഈജിയൻ കടൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഈജിയൻ കടൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%C4%A7ar_E%C4%A1ew" title="Baħar Eġew – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Baħar Eġew" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="एजियन समुद्र – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="एजियन समुद्र" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%96%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A6%E1%83%90" title="ეგეოსიშ ზუღა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ეგეოსიშ ზუღა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%87" title="بحر ايجه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بحر ايجه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%98%D9%87" title="اژه – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="اژه" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laut_Aegia" title="Laut Aegia – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Laut Aegia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegea_H%C4%81i" title="Aegea Hāi – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Aegea Hāi" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Эгейн тэнгис – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Эгейн тэнгис" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%B1%E1%80%82%E1%80%BB%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%95%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9C%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA" title="အေဂျင်ပင်လယ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အေဂျင်ပင်လယ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ege%C3%AFsche_Zee" title="Egeïsche Zee – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Egeïsche Zee" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E6%B5%B7" title="エーゲ海 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="エーゲ海" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D1%85%D3%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4" title="Эгейн хӀорд – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Эгейн хӀорд" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84g%C3%A4isk_Sia" title="Ägäisk Sia – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Ägäisk Sia" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egeerhavet" title="Egeerhavet – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Egeerhavet" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egearhavet" title="Egearhavet – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Egearhavet" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Eg%C3%A8a" title="Mar Egèa – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Mar Egèa" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D2%A5%D1%8B%D0%B7" title="Эгей теҥыз – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Эгей теҥыз" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egey_dengizi" title="Egey dengizi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Egey dengizi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%88%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0" title="ਈਜੀਅਨ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਈਜੀਅਨ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="ایجی سمندر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ایجی سمندر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%90%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="اېجین سمندر – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="اېجین سمندر" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84g%C3%A4%C3%A4sche_See" title="Ägääsche See – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Ägääsche See" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morze_Egejskie" title="Morze Egejskie – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Morze Egejskie" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Egeu" title="Mar Egeu – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mar Egeu" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ege_de%C3%B1izi" title="Ege deñizi – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Ege deñizi" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marea_Egee" title="Marea Egee – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Marea Egee" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Егейске море – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Егейске море" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Эгейское море – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Эгейское море" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deti_Egje" title="Deti Egje – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Deti Egje" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Eggeu" title="Mari Eggeu – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Mari Eggeu" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Aegean Sea" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A6%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%DA%8A" title="ايجيئن سمنڊ – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ايجيئن سمنڊ" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egejsk%C3%A9_more" title="Egejské more – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Egejské more" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egejsko_morje" title="Egejsko morje – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Egejsko morje" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badda_Iija" title="Badda Iija – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Badda Iija" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A6%DB%8E%DA%98%DB%95" title="دەریای ئێژە – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="دەریای ئێژە" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Егејско море – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Егејско море" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egejsko_more" title="Egejsko more – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Egejsko more" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egeanmeri" title="Egeanmeri – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Egeanmeri" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egeiska_havet" title="Egeiska havet – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Egeiska havet" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagat_Egeo" title="Dagat Egeo – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Dagat Egeo" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8F%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D" title="ஏஜியன் கடல் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="ஏஜியன் கடல்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilel_n_Ijey" title="Ilel n Ijey – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Ilel n Ijey" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D2%A3%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5" title="Эгей диңгезе – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Эгей диңгезе" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%8F%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%82" title="ఏజియన్ సముద్రం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="ఏజియన్ సముద్రం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%99" title="ทะเลอีเจียน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ทะเลอีเจียน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D2%B3%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Баҳри Эгей – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Баҳри Эгей" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ege_Denizi" title="Ege Denizi – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Ege Denizi" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ege%C3%BD_de%C5%88zi" title="Egeý deňzi – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Egeý deňzi" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D1%8C" title="Эгей зарезь – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Эгей зарезь" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Егейське море – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Егейське море" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%81_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%86" title="بحیرہ ایجیئن – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="بحیرہ ایجیئن" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%90%DA%AF%D9%89%D9%8A_%D8%AF%DB%90%DA%AD%D9%89%D8%B2%D9%89" title="ئېگىي دېڭىزى – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="ئېگىي دېڭىزى" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Ezeo" title="Mar Ezeo – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Mar Ezeo" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi%E1%BB%83n_Aegea" title="Biển Aegea – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Biển Aegea" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ege%C3%AFsche_Z%C3%AAe" title="Egeïsche Zêe – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Egeïsche Zêe" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Agean_non_political.jpg/512px-Agean_non_political.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1305" data-file-height="890" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:40.541%;left:54.63%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Aegean Sea"><img alt="Aegean Sea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Aegean Sea</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data region"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span title="Geographical coordinates">Coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Aegean_Sea&params=39_N_25_E_type:waterbody_dim:500000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°N</span> <span class="longitude">25°E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39°N 25°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39; 25</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Body_of_water#Waterbody_types" title="Body of water">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Sea" title="Sea">Sea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Etymology</th><td class="infobox-data">From Greek mythological character <a href="/wiki/Aegeus" title="Aegeus">Aegeus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Inflow_(hydrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Inflow (hydrology)"><span title="Primary inflows: rivers, streams, precipitation">Primary inflows</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Inachos_(river)" title="Inachos (river)">Inachos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ilisos" title="Ilisos">Ilisos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spercheios" title="Spercheios">Spercheios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pineios_(Thessaly)" title="Pineios (Thessaly)">Pineios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haliacmon" title="Haliacmon">Haliacmon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vardar" title="Vardar">Vardar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Struma_(river)" title="Struma (river)">Struma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nestos_(river)" title="Nestos (river)">Nestos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maritsa" title="Maritsa">Maritsa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Discharge_(hydrology)" title="Discharge (hydrology)"><span title="Primary outflows: rivers, streams, evaporation">Primary outflows</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Basin</a> countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>; <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> (<a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">drainage basins</a> for inflow rivers)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. length</th><td class="infobox-data">700 km (430 mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. width</th><td class="infobox-data">400 km (250 mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface area</th><td class="infobox-data">214,000 km<sup>2</sup> (83,000 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. depth</th><td class="infobox-data">3,544 m (11,627 feet)<sup id="cite_ref-AgSeaBritannica_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AgSeaBritannica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Category:Islands_by_body_of_water" title="Category:Islands by body of water">Islands</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aegean_Islands" title="Aegean Islands">150+</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settlements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alexandroupolis" title="Alexandroupolis">Alexandroupolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayval%C4%B1k" title="Ayvalık">Ayvalık</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bodrum" title="Bodrum">Bodrum</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%87anakkale" title="Çanakkale">Çanakkale</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%87e%C5%9Fme" title="Çeşme">Çeşme</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chania" title="Chania">Chania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Didim" title="Didim">Didim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion">Heraklion</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kavala" title="Kavala">Kavala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ku%C5%9Fadas%C4%B1" title="Kuşadası">Kuşadası</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nafplio" title="Nafplio">Nafplio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Volos" title="Volos">Volos</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Location_of_the_Aegean_Sea.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Location_of_the_Aegean_Sea.png/220px-Location_of_the_Aegean_Sea.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Location_of_the_Aegean_Sea.png/330px-Location_of_the_Aegean_Sea.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Location_of_the_Aegean_Sea.png/440px-Location_of_the_Aegean_Sea.png 2x" data-file-width="902" data-file-height="551" /></a><figcaption>The extent of the Aegean Sea on a map of the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Aegean Sea</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an elongated embayment of the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> between <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>. It is located between the <a href="/wiki/Balkans" title="Balkans">Balkans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolia</a>, and covers an area of some 215,000 km<sup>2</sup> (83,000 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the north, the Aegean is connected to the <a href="/wiki/Marmara_Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Marmara Sea">Marmara Sea</a>, which in turn connects to the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a>, by the straits of the <a href="/wiki/Dardanelles" title="Dardanelles">Dardanelles</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bosphorus" class="mw-redirect" title="Bosphorus">Bosphorus</a>, respectively. The <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Islands" title="Aegean Islands">Aegean Islands</a> are located within the sea and some bound it on its southern periphery, including <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a>. The sea reaches a maximum depth of 3,544 m (11,627 ft) to the east of <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AgSeaBritannica_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AgSeaBritannica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Thracian_Sea" title="Thracian Sea">Thracian Sea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Crete" title="Sea of Crete">Sea of Crete</a> are main subdivisions of the Aegean Sea. </p><p>The Aegean Islands can be divided into several island groups, including the <a href="/wiki/Dodecanese" title="Dodecanese">Dodecanese</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cyclades" title="Cyclades">Cyclades</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sporades" title="Sporades">Sporades</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Saronic_Islands" title="Saronic Islands">Saronic islands</a> and the <a href="/wiki/North_Aegean_islands" title="North Aegean islands">North Aegean Islands</a>, as well as Crete and its surrounding islands. The Dodecanese, located to the southeast, includes the islands of Rhodes, <a href="/wiki/Kos" title="Kos">Kos</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Patmos" title="Patmos">Patmos</a>; the islands of <a href="/wiki/Delos" title="Delos">Delos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naxos" title="Naxos">Naxos</a> are within the Cyclades to the south of the sea. <a href="/wiki/Lesbos" title="Lesbos">Lesbos</a> is part of the North Aegean Islands. <a href="/wiki/Euboea" title="Euboea">Euboea</a>, the second-largest island in Greece, is located in the Aegean, despite being administered as part of <a href="/wiki/Central_Greece_(administrative_region)" title="Central Greece (administrative region)">Central Greece</a>. Nine out of twelve of the Administrative regions of Greece border the sea, along with the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Turkey" title="Provinces of Turkey">Turkish provinces</a> of <a href="/wiki/Edirne" title="Edirne">Edirne</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%87anakkale" title="Çanakkale">Çanakkale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bal%C4%B1kesir" title="Balıkesir">Balıkesir</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n" title="Aydın">Aydın</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mu%C4%9Fla_Province" title="Muğla Province">Muğla</a> to the east of the sea. Various Turkish islands in the sea are <a href="/wiki/Imbros" title="Imbros">Imbros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tenedos" title="Tenedos">Tenedos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cunda_Island" title="Cunda Island">Cunda Island</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Fo%C3%A7a_Islands" title="Foça Islands">Foça Islands</a>. </p><p>The Aegean Sea has been historically important, especially regarding the civilization of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Ancient Greece</a>, which inhabited the area around the coast of the Aegean and the Aegean islands. The Aegean islands facilitated contact between the people of the area and between Europe and Asia. Along with the Greeks, <a href="/wiki/Thracians" title="Thracians">Thracians</a> lived along the northern coasts. The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Romans</a> conquered the area under the Roman Empire, and later the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> held it against advances by the <a href="/wiki/First_Bulgarian_Empire" title="First Bulgarian Empire">First Bulgarian Empire</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Crusade" title="Fourth Crusade">Fourth Crusade</a> weakened Byzantine control of the area, and it was eventually conquered by the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>, with the exception of Crete, which was a <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Candia" title="Kingdom of Candia">Venetian colony</a> until 1669. The <a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence" title="Greek War of Independence">Greek War of Independence</a> allowed a Greek state on the coast of the Aegean from 1829 onwards. The Ottoman Empire held a presence over the sea for over 500 years until it was replaced by modern <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>. </p><p>The rocks making up the floor of the Aegean are mainly limestone, though often greatly altered by volcanic activity that has convulsed the region in relatively recent geologic times. Of particular interest are the richly colored sediments in the region of the islands of <a href="/wiki/Santorini" title="Santorini">Santorini</a> and <a href="/wiki/Milos" title="Milos">Milos</a>, in the south Aegean.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable cities on the Aegean coastline include <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Volos" title="Volos">Volos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kavala" title="Kavala">Kavala</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion">Heraklion</a> in Greece, and <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bodrum" title="Bodrum">Bodrum</a> in Turkey. </p><p>Several issues concerning sovereignty within the Aegean Sea are disputed between Greece and Turkey. The <a href="/wiki/Aegean_dispute" title="Aegean dispute">Aegean dispute</a> has had a large effect on <a href="/wiki/Greece%E2%80%93Turkey_relations" title="Greece–Turkey relations">Greece-Turkey relations</a> since the 1970s. Issues include the delimitation of <a href="/wiki/Territorial_waters" title="Territorial waters">territorial waters</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_airspace" class="mw-redirect" title="National airspace">national airspace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone" title="Exclusive economic zone">exclusive economic zones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Flight_information_region" title="Flight information region">flight information regions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name_and_etymology">Name and etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name and etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name <i>Aegaeus</i>, used by <a href="/wiki/Late_Latin" title="Late Latin">Late Latin</a> authors, referred to <a href="/wiki/Aegeus" title="Aegeus">Aegeus</a>, who was said to have jumped into that sea to drown himself (rather than throw himself from the Athenian acropolis, as told by some Greek authors). He was the father of <a href="/wiki/Theseus" title="Theseus">Theseus</a>, the mythical king and founder-hero of <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>. Aegeus had told Theseus to put up white sails when returning if he was successful in killing the <a href="/wiki/Minotaur" title="Minotaur">Minotaur</a>. When Theseus returned, he forgot these instructions, and Aegeus thought his son had died, so he drowned himself in the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sea was known in <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> as <i>Mare Aegaeum</i> while under the control of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venetians</a>, who ruled many Greek islands in the <a href="/wiki/High_Middle_Ages" title="High Middle Ages">High</a> and <a href="/wiki/Late_Middle_Ages" title="Late Middle Ages">Late Middle Ages</a>, popularized the name <i>Archipelago</i> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">αρχιπέλαγος</span>, meaning "main sea" or "chief sea"), a name that held on in many European countries until the <a href="/wiki/Early_modern_period" title="Early modern period">early modern period</a>. In <a href="/wiki/South_Slavic_languages" title="South Slavic languages">South Slavic languages</a>, the Aegean is called <i>White Sea</i> (<a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>: <span lang="bg">Бяло море</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Bulgarian" title="Romanization of Bulgarian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Bulgarian-language romanization"><i lang="bg-Latn">Byalo more</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_language" title="Macedonian language">Macedonian</a>: <span lang="mk">Бело море</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Macedonian" title="Romanization of Macedonian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Macedonian-language romanization"><i lang="mk-Latn">Belo more</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Serbo-Croatian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Serbo-Croatian language">Serbo-Croatian</a>: <i lang="sh">Belo more</i> / <span title="Serbo-Croatian-language text"><span lang="sh">Бело море</span></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a> name for the sea is <i>Ege Denizi</i>, which is derived from the Greek name, and <i>Adalar Denizi</i> meaning "Sea of Islands". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Aegean Sea is an elongated <a href="/wiki/Bay" title="Bay">embayment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> and covers about 214,000 square kilometres (83,000 sq mi) in area, measuring about 670 kilometres (420 mi) longitudinally and 390 kilometres (240 mi) latitudinal. The sea's maximum depth is 2,639 metres (8,658 ft), located at a point west of <a href="/wiki/Karpathos" title="Karpathos">Karpathos</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Islands" title="Aegean Islands">Aegean Islands</a> are found within its waters, with the following islands delimiting the sea on the south, generally from west to east: <a href="/wiki/Kythera" class="mw-redirect" title="Kythera">Kythera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antikythera" title="Antikythera">Antikythera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kasos" title="Kasos">Kasos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karpathos" title="Karpathos">Karpathos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a>. The Anatolian peninsula marks the eastern boundary of the sea, while the Greek mainland marks the west. Several seas are contained within the Aegean Sea; the <a href="/wiki/Thracian_Sea" title="Thracian Sea">Thracian Sea</a> is a section of the Aegean located to the north, the <a href="/wiki/Icarian_Sea" title="Icarian Sea">Icarian Sea</a> to the east, the <a href="/wiki/Myrtoan_Sea" title="Myrtoan Sea">Myrtoan Sea</a> to the west, while the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Crete" title="Sea of Crete">Sea of Crete</a> is the southern section. </p><p>The Greek regions that border the sea, in alphabetical order, are <a href="/wiki/Attica" title="Attica">Attica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Greece_(administrative_region)" title="Central Greece (administrative region)">Central Greece</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Macedonia" title="Central Macedonia">Central Macedonia</a>, Crete, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Macedonia_and_Thrace" title="Eastern Macedonia and Thrace">Eastern Macedonia and Thrace</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Aegean" title="North Aegean">North Aegean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peloponnese_(region)" title="Peloponnese (region)">Peloponnese</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Aegean" title="South Aegean">South Aegean</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly</a>. The traditional Greek region of <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(Greece)" title="Macedonia (Greece)">Macedonia</a> also borders the sea, to the north. </p><p>The Aegean Islands, which almost all belong to <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, can be divided into seven groups: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Aegean_Islands#The_North_Aegean_Islands" title="List of Aegean Islands">Northeastern Aegean Islands</a>, which lie in the <a href="/wiki/Thracian_Sea" title="Thracian Sea">Thracian Sea</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euboea" title="Euboea">East Aegean Islands (<i>Euboea</i>)</a></li> <li>Northern <a href="/wiki/Sporades" title="Sporades">Sporades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclades" title="Cyclades">Cyclades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saronic_Islands" title="Saronic Islands">Saronic Islands</a> (or <i>Argo-Saronic Islands</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodecanese" title="Dodecanese">Dodecanese</a> (or <i>Southern Sporades</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a></li></ol> <p>Many of the Aegean islands or island chains, are geographical extensions of the mountains on the mainland. One chain extends across the sea to Chios, another extends across Euboea to Samos, and a third extends across the Peloponnese and Crete to Rhodes, dividing the Aegean from the Mediterranean. </p><p>The bays and gulfs of the Aegean beginning at the South and moving clockwise include on Crete, the <a href="/wiki/Mirabello_Bay" title="Mirabello Bay">Mirabello</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Almyros_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Almyros Bay (page does not exist)">Almyros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Souda_Bay" title="Souda Bay">Souda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Chania" title="Gulf of Chania">Chania</a> bays or gulfs, on the mainland the <a href="/wiki/Myrtoan_Sea" title="Myrtoan Sea">Myrtoan Sea</a> to the west with the <a href="/wiki/Argolic_Gulf" title="Argolic Gulf">Argolic Gulf</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Saronic_Gulf" title="Saronic Gulf">Saronic Gulf</a> northwestward, the <a href="/wiki/Petalies_Gulf" class="mw-redirect" title="Petalies Gulf">Petalies Gulf</a> which connects with the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Euboea" title="Gulf of Euboea">South Euboic Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pagasetic_Gulf" title="Pagasetic Gulf">Pagasetic Gulf</a> which connects with the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Euboea" title="Gulf of Euboea">North Euboic Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Thermian_Gulf" class="mw-redirect" title="Thermian Gulf">Thermian Gulf</a> northwestward, the <a href="/wiki/Chalkidiki" title="Chalkidiki">Chalkidiki</a> Peninsula including the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cassandra_Gulf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cassandra Gulf (page does not exist)">Cassandra</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Singitic_Gulf" title="Singitic Gulf">Singitic Gulfs</a>, northward the <a href="/wiki/Strymonian_Gulf" title="Strymonian Gulf">Strymonian Gulf</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Kavala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gulf of Kavala (page does not exist)">Gulf of Kavala</a> and the rest are in <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>; <a href="/wiki/Saros_Gulf" class="mw-redirect" title="Saros Gulf">Saros Gulf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edremit_(District),_Bal%C4%B1kesir" class="mw-redirect" title="Edremit (District), Balıkesir">Edremit</a> Gulf, <a href="/wiki/Dikili_Gulf" title="Dikili Gulf">Dikili Gulf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_%C3%87andarl%C4%B1" title="Gulf of Çandarlı">Gulf of Çandarlı</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_%C4%B0zmir" title="Gulf of İzmir">Gulf of İzmir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Ku%C5%9Fadas%C4%B1" title="Gulf of Kuşadası">Gulf of Kuşadası</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_G%C3%B6kova" title="Gulf of Gökova">Gulf of Gökova</a>, <a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCll%C3%BCk" title="Güllük">Güllük</a> Gulf. </p><p>The Aegean Sea is connected to the Sea of Marmara by the <a href="/wiki/Dardanelles" title="Dardanelles">Dardanelles</a>, also known from Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont. The Dardanelles are located to the northeast of the sea. It ultimately connects with the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Bosporus" title="Bosporus">Bosporus</a> strait, upon which lies the city of <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>. The Dardanelles and the Bosporus are known as the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Straits" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Straits">Turkish Straits</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extent">Extent</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Extent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/International_Hydrographic_Organization" title="International Hydrographic Organization">International Hydrographic Organization</a>, the limits of the Aegean Sea as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-iho_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iho-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>On the south: A line running from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Aspro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cape Aspro (page does not exist)">Cape Aspro</a> (28°16′E) in <a href="/wiki/Asia_Minor" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia Minor">Asia Minor</a>, to Cum Burnù (Capo della Sabbia) the Northeast extreme of the Island of <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a>, through the island to Cape <a href="/wiki/Prasonisi" title="Prasonisi">Prasonisi</a>, the Southwest point thereof, on to Vrontos Point (35°33′N) in Skarpanto [<a href="/wiki/Karpathos" title="Karpathos">Karpathos</a>], through this island to Castello Point, the South extreme thereof, across to Cape Plaka (East extremity of Crete), through Crete to Agria Grabusa, the Northwest extreme thereof, thence to Cape Apolytares in <a href="/wiki/Antikythera" title="Antikythera">Antikythera</a> Island, through the island to Psira Rock (off the Northwest point) and across to Cape Trakhili in <a href="/wiki/Kythira" title="Kythira">Kythira</a> Island, through Kythira to the Northwest point (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Karavugia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cape Karavugia (page does not exist)">Cape Karavugia</a>) and thence to Cape Santa Maria (<span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Aegean_Sea&params=36_28_N_22_57_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°28′N</span> <span class="longitude">22°57′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.467°N 22.950°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.467; 22.950</span></span></span></a></span></span>) in the <a href="/wiki/Morea" title="Morea">Morea</a>.</li> <li>In the Dardanelles: A line joining Kum Kale (26°11′E) and <a href="/wiki/Cape_Helles" title="Cape Helles">Cape Helles</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hydrography">Hydrography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hydrography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aegean surface water circulates in a counterclockwise <a href="/wiki/Ocean_gyre" title="Ocean gyre">gyre</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Hypersaline" class="mw-redirect" title="Hypersaline">hypersaline</a> Mediterranean water moving northward along the west coast of Turkey, before being displaced by less dense Black Sea outflow. The dense <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> water sinks below the Black Sea inflow to a depth of 23–30 metres (75–98 ft), then flows through the <a href="/wiki/Dardanelles_Strait" class="mw-redirect" title="Dardanelles Strait">Dardanelles Strait</a> and into the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Marmara" title="Sea of Marmara">Sea of Marmara</a> at velocities of 5–15 cm/s (2–6 in/s). The Black Sea outflow moves westward along the northern Aegean Sea, then flows southwards along the east coast of Greece.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The physical oceanography of the Aegean Sea is controlled mainly by the regional climate, the fresh water discharge from major rivers draining southeastern Europe, and the seasonal variations in the Black Sea surface water outflow through the <a href="/wiki/Dardanelles_Strait" class="mw-redirect" title="Dardanelles Strait">Dardanelles Strait</a>. </p><p>Analysis<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the Aegean during 1991 and 1992 revealed three distinct water masses: </p> <ul><li><b>Aegean Sea Surface Water</b> – 40–50 metres (130–160 ft) thick veneer, with summer temperatures of 21–26 °C and winter temperatures ranging from 10 °C (50 °F) in the north to 16 °C (61 °F) in the south.</li> <li><b>Aegean Sea Intermediate Water</b> – Aegean Sea Intermediate Water extends from 40–50 m (130–160 ft) to 200–300 m (660–980 ft) with temperatures ranging from 11–18 °C (52–64 °F).</li> <li><b>Aegean Sea Bottom Water</b> – occurring at depths below 500–1,000 m (1,600–3,300 ft) with a very uniform temperature (13–14 °C (55–57 °F)) and salinity (3.91–3.92%).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greece_map_of_K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification_(new).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Greece_map_of_K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification_%28new%29.svg/220px-Greece_map_of_K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification_%28new%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Greece_map_of_K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification_%28new%29.svg/330px-Greece_map_of_K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification_%28new%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Greece_map_of_K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification_%28new%29.svg/440px-Greece_map_of_K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification_%28new%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1165" data-file-height="1127" /></a><figcaption>Climate map of Greece. Most of the landmass surrounding the Aegean Sea is classified as <i>Csa</i>, with the northern region being <i>BSk</i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The climate of the Aegean Sea largely reflects the climate of Greece and Western Turkey, which is to say, predominantly <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Mediterranean</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>, most of the Aegean is classified as Hot-summer Mediterranean (<i>Csa</i>), with hotter and drier summers along with milder and wetter winters. However, high temperatures during summers are generally not quite as high as those in arid or semiarid climates due to the presence of a large body of water. This is most predominant in the west and east coasts of the Aegean, and within the Aegean islands. In the north of the Aegean Sea, the climate is instead classified as <a href="/wiki/Semi-arid_climate" title="Semi-arid climate">Cold semi-arid</a> <i>(BSk)</i>, which feature cooler summers than Hot-summer Mediterranean climates. The <a href="/wiki/Etesian" title="Etesian">Etesian</a> winds are a dominant weather influence in the Aegean Basin. </p><p>The below table lists climate conditions of some major Aegean cities: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Climate characteristics of some major cities on the Aegean coast</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">City </th> <th colspan="4">Mean temperature (daily high) </th> <th colspan="6">Mean total rainfall </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">January </th> <th colspan="2">July </th> <th colspan="3">January </th> <th colspan="3">July </th></tr> <tr> <th>°C </th> <th>°F </th> <th>°C </th> <th>°F </th> <th>mm </th> <th>in </th> <th>days </th> <th>mm </th> <th>in </th> <th>days </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexandroupolis" title="Alexandroupolis">Alexandroupolis</a> </td> <td>8.4 </td> <td>47.1 </td> <td>30.1 </td> <td>86.2 </td> <td>60.4 </td> <td>2.38 </td> <td>6.8 </td> <td>17.6 </td> <td>0.69 </td> <td>2.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bodrum" title="Bodrum">Bodrum</a> </td> <td>15.1 </td> <td>59.2 </td> <td>34.2 </td> <td>93.6 </td> <td>134.1 </td> <td>5.28 </td> <td>12.3 </td> <td>1.3 </td> <td>0.05 </td> <td>1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion">Heraklion</a> </td> <td>15.2 </td> <td>59.4 </td> <td>28.6 </td> <td>83.5 </td> <td>91.5 </td> <td>3.6 </td> <td>10.1 </td> <td>1.0 </td> <td>0.04 </td> <td>0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a> </td> <td>12.4 </td> <td>54.3 </td> <td>33.2 </td> <td>91.8 </td> <td>132.7 </td> <td>5.22 </td> <td>12.6 </td> <td>1.7 </td> <td>0.07 </td> <td>0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a> </td> <td>9.3 </td> <td>48.7 </td> <td>32.5 </td> <td>90.5 </td> <td>35.2 </td> <td>1.39 </td> <td>8.8 </td> <td>27.3 </td> <td>1.07 </td> <td>3.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11">Source: <a href="/wiki/World_Meteorological_Organization" title="World Meteorological Organization">World Meteorological Organization</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Turkish_State_Meteorological_Service" title="Turkish State Meteorological Service">Turkish State Meteorological Service</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Numerous Greek and Turkish settlements are located along their mainland coast, as well as on towns on the Aegean islands. The largest cities are Athens and Thessaloniki in Greece and İzmir in Turkey. The most populated of the Aegean islands is Crete, followed by Euboea and Rhodes.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="infobox" style="text-align:center; width:97%; margin-right:10px; font-size:90%"> <caption>Most populous urban areas on the Aegean coast </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="23"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Acropolis_wide_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Acropolis_wide_view.jpg/150px-Acropolis_wide_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Acropolis_wide_view.jpg/225px-Acropolis_wide_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Acropolis_wide_view.jpg/300px-Acropolis_wide_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> <p>Athens </p><p><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Skyscrapers_in_Izmir_-_Turkey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Skyscrapers_in_Izmir_-_Turkey.jpg/150px-Skyscrapers_in_Izmir_-_Turkey.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Skyscrapers_in_Izmir_-_Turkey.jpg/225px-Skyscrapers_in_Izmir_-_Turkey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Skyscrapers_in_Izmir_-_Turkey.jpg/300px-Skyscrapers_in_Izmir_-_Turkey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4068" data-file-height="2019" /></a></span> </p><p>İzmir </p> </th> <th style="text-align:center; background:#f5f5f5;">Rank </th> <th style="text-align:center; background:#f5f5f5;">City </th> <th style="text-align:center; background:#f5f5f5;">Country </th> <th style="text-align:center; background:#f5f5f5;">Region/County </th> <th style="text-align:center; background:#f5f5f5;">Population (urban) </th> <th rowspan="23"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:White_Tower_and_Beach_front.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/White_Tower_and_Beach_front.jpg/150px-White_Tower_and_Beach_front.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/White_Tower_and_Beach_front.jpg/225px-White_Tower_and_Beach_front.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/White_Tower_and_Beach_front.jpg/300px-White_Tower_and_Beach_front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="853" /></a></span> <p>Thessaloniki </p><p><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bodrum_Castle_(2017).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Bodrum_Castle_%282017%29.jpg/150px-Bodrum_Castle_%282017%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Bodrum_Castle_%282017%29.jpg/225px-Bodrum_Castle_%282017%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Bodrum_Castle_%282017%29.jpg/300px-Bodrum_Castle_%282017%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4920" data-file-height="2964" /></a></span> </p><p>Bodrum </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;">1</td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a></b></td> <td>Greece</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Greece_(geographic_region)" title="Central Greece (geographic region)">Central Greece</a></td> <td>3,090,508 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;">2</td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a></b></td> <td>Turkey</td> <td><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir_Province" title="İzmir Province">İzmir Province</a></td> <td>2,948,609 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;">3</td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a></b></td> <td>Greece</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(Greece)" title="Macedonia (Greece)">Macedonia</a></td> <td>824,676 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;">4</td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Bodrum" title="Bodrum">Bodrum</a></b></td> <td>Turkey</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mu%C4%9Fla_Province" title="Muğla Province">Muğla Province</a></td> <td>198,335 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;">5</td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/%C3%87anakkale" title="Çanakkale">Çanakkale</a></b></td> <td>Turkey</td> <td><a href="/wiki/%C3%87anakkale_Province" title="Çanakkale Province">Çanakkale Province</a></td> <td>182,389 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;">6</td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion">Heraklion</a></b></td> <td>Greece</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a></td> <td>173,993 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;">7</td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Volos" title="Volos">Volos</a></b></td> <td>Greece</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly</a></td> <td>144,449 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;">8</td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Ku%C5%9Fadas%C4%B1" title="Kuşadası">Kuşadası</a></b></td> <td>Turkey</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n_Province" title="Aydın Province">Aydın Province</a></td> <td>133,177 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;">9</td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Chania" title="Chania">Chania</a></b></td> <td>Greece</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a></td> <td>108,642 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;">10</td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Didim" title="Didim">Didim</a></b></td> <td>Turkey</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n_Province" title="Aydın Province">Aydın Province</a></td> <td>100,189 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#f5f5f5;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biogeography_and_ecology">Biogeography and ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Biogeography and ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protected_areas">Protected areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Protected areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Greece has established several <a href="/wiki/Marine_protected_area" title="Marine protected area">marine protected areas</a> along its coasts. According to the Network of Managers of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean (<a href="/wiki/MedPAN" title="MedPAN">MedPAN</a>), four Greek MPAs are participating in the Network. These include <a href="/wiki/Alonnisos_Marine_Park" title="Alonnisos Marine Park">Alonnisos Marine Park</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/Missolonghi%E2%80%93Aitoliko_Lagoons" title="Missolonghi–Aitoliko Lagoons">Missolonghi–Aitoliko Lagoons</a> and the island of <a href="/wiki/Zakynthos" title="Zakynthos">Zakynthos</a> are not on the Aegean.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_history">Ancient history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ancient history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cycladic_figurine,_female,_2800-2300_BC,_AM_Naxos_(13_01),_143205.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Cycladic_figurine%2C_female%2C_2800-2300_BC%2C_AM_Naxos_%2813_01%29%2C_143205.jpg/200px-Cycladic_figurine%2C_female%2C_2800-2300_BC%2C_AM_Naxos_%2813_01%29%2C_143205.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Cycladic_figurine%2C_female%2C_2800-2300_BC%2C_AM_Naxos_%2813_01%29%2C_143205.jpg/300px-Cycladic_figurine%2C_female%2C_2800-2300_BC%2C_AM_Naxos_%2813_01%29%2C_143205.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Cycladic_figurine%2C_female%2C_2800-2300_BC%2C_AM_Naxos_%2813_01%29%2C_143205.jpg/400px-Cycladic_figurine%2C_female%2C_2800-2300_BC%2C_AM_Naxos_%2813_01%29%2C_143205.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3051" data-file-height="4577" /></a><figcaption>Female figure from <a href="/wiki/Naxos" title="Naxos">Naxos</a> (2800–2300 BC)</figcaption></figure> <p>The current coastline dates back to about 4000 BC. Before that time, at the peak of the <a href="/wiki/Last_glacial_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Last glacial period">last ice age</a> (about 18,000 years ago) sea levels everywhere were 130 metres (430 ft) lower, and there were large well-watered coastal plains instead of much of the northern Aegean. When they were first occupied, the present-day islands including <a href="/wiki/Milos" title="Milos">Milos</a> with its important <a href="/wiki/Obsidian" title="Obsidian">obsidian</a> production were probably still connected to the mainland. The present coastal arrangement appeared around 9,000 years ago, with post-ice age sea levels continuing to rise for another 3,000 years after that.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The subsequent <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> civilizations of Greece and the Aegean Sea have given rise to the general term <i><a href="/wiki/Aegean_civilization" title="Aegean civilization">Aegean civilization</a></i>. In ancient times, the sea was the birthplace of two ancient civilizations – the <a href="/wiki/Minoan_civilization" title="Minoan civilization">Minoans</a> of Crete and the <a href="/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece" title="Mycenaean Greece">Mycenaeans</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Peloponnese" title="Peloponnese">Peloponnese</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean islands, flourishing from around 3000 to 1450 BC before a period of decline, finally ending at around 1100 BC. It represented the first advanced civilization in Europe, leaving behind massive building complexes, tools, stunning artwork, writing systems, and a massive network of trade.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Minoan period saw extensive trade between Crete, Aegean, and Mediterranean settlements, particularly the Near East. The most notable Minoan palace is that of <a href="/wiki/Knossos" title="Knossos">Knossos</a>, followed by that of <a href="/wiki/Phaistos" title="Phaistos">Phaistos</a>. The Mycenaean Greeks arose on the mainland, becoming the first advanced civilization in mainland Greece, which lasted from approximately 1600 to 1100 BC. It is believed that the site of <a href="/wiki/Mycenae" title="Mycenae">Mycenae</a>, which sits close to the Aegean coast, was the center of Mycenaean civilization. The Mycenaeans introduced several innovations in the fields of engineering, architecture and military infrastructure, while trade over vast areas of the Mediterranean, including the Aegean, was essential for the Mycenaean economy. Their <a href="/wiki/Syllabic_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Syllabic script">syllabic script</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Linear_B" title="Linear B">Linear B</a>, offers the first written records of the Greek language and <a href="/wiki/Mycenaean_religion" title="Mycenaean religion">their religion</a> already included several deities that can also be found in the <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Olympians" title="Twelve Olympians">Olympic Pantheon</a>. Mycenaean Greece was dominated by a warrior elite society and consisted of a network of <a href="/wiki/Palace" title="Palace">palace</a>-centered states that developed rigid hierarchical, political, social and economic systems. At the head of this society was the king, known as <i><a href="/wiki/Wanax" class="mw-redirect" title="Wanax">wanax</a></i>. </p><p>The civilization of Mycenaean Greeks perished with the <a href="/wiki/Late_Bronze_Age_collapse" title="Late Bronze Age collapse">collapse of Bronze Age culture</a> in the eastern Mediterranean, to be followed by the so-called <a href="/wiki/Greek_Dark_Ages" title="Greek Dark Ages">Greek Dark Ages</a>. It is undetermined what cause the collapse of the Mycenaeans. During the Greek Dark Ages, writing in the Linear B script ceased, vital trade links were lost, and towns and villages were abandoned. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_Greece">Ancient Greece</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Ancient Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Ancient Greece</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greek_Galleys.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Greek_Galleys.jpg/200px-Greek_Galleys.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Greek_Galleys.jpg/300px-Greek_Galleys.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Greek_Galleys.jpg/400px-Greek_Galleys.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="386" /></a><figcaption>A fleet of Athenian <a href="/wiki/Trireme" title="Trireme">trireme</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Celcius_library.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Celcius_library.jpg/200px-Celcius_library.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Celcius_library.jpg/300px-Celcius_library.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Celcius_library.jpg/400px-Celcius_library.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1656" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Library_of_Celsus" title="Library of Celsus">Library of Celsus</a>, a Roman structure in important sea port <a href="/wiki/Ephesus" title="Ephesus">Ephesus</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Archaic_Greece" title="Archaic Greece">Archaic period</a> followed the Greek Dark Ages in the 8th century BC. Greece became divided into small self-governing communities, and adopted the <a href="/wiki/Phoenician_alphabet" title="Phoenician alphabet">Phoenician alphabet</a>, modifying it to create the <a href="/wiki/Greek_alphabet" title="Greek alphabet">Greek alphabet</a>. By the 6th century BC several cities had emerged as dominant in Greek affairs: Athens, Sparta, <a href="/wiki/Corinth,_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Corinth, Greece">Corinth</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thebes_(Greece)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thebes (Greece)">Thebes</a>, of which Athens, Sparta, and Corinth were closest to the Aegean Sea. Each of them had brought the surrounding rural areas and smaller towns under their control, and Athens and Corinth had become major maritime and mercantile powers as well. In the 8th and 7th centuries BC many Greeks migrated to form <a href="/wiki/Colonies_in_antiquity" title="Colonies in antiquity">colonies</a> in <a href="/wiki/Magna_Graecia" title="Magna Graecia">Magna Graecia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Southern_Italy" title="Southern Italy">Southern Italy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>), Asia Minor and further afield. The Aegean Sea was the setting for one of the most pivotal naval engagements in history, when, on 20 September 480 B.C., the Athenian fleet gained a decisive victory over the Persian fleet of the <a href="/wiki/Xerxes_II_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Xerxes II of Persia">Xerxes II of Persia</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Salamis" title="Battle of Salamis">Battle of Salamis</a>. Thus ending any further attempt of western expansion by the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Aegean Sea would later come to be under the control, albeit briefly, of the <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)" title="Macedonia (ancient kingdom)">Kingdom of Macedonia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Philip_II_of_Macedon" title="Philip II of Macedon">Philip II</a> and his son <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Alexander the Great</a> led a series of conquests that led not only to the unification of the Greek mainland and the control of the Aegean Sea under his rule, but also the destruction of the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a>. After Alexander the Great's death, his empire was divided among his generals. <a href="/wiki/Cassander" title="Cassander">Cassander</a> became king of the Hellenistic kingdom of Macedon, which held territory along the western coast of the Aegean, roughly corresponding to modern-day Greece. The Kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Lysimachus" title="Lysimachus">Lysimachus</a> had control over the sea's eastern coast. Greece had entered the <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_period" title="Hellenistic period">Hellenistic period</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman_rule">Roman rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Roman rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Macedonian Wars were a series of conflicts fought by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a> and its Greek allies in the eastern Mediterranean against several different major Greek kingdoms. They resulted in Roman control or influence over the eastern Mediterranean basin, including the Aegean, in addition to their hegemony in the western Mediterranean after the <a href="/wiki/Punic_Wars" title="Punic Wars">Punic Wars</a>. During Roman rule, the land around the Aegean Sea fell under the provinces of <a href="/wiki/Achaea_(Roman_province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Achaea (Roman province)">Achaea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(Roman_province)" title="Macedonia (Roman province)">Macedonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thracia" title="Thracia">Thracia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asia_(Roman_province)" title="Asia (Roman province)">Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crete_and_Cyrenaica" title="Crete and Cyrenaica">Creta et Cyrenaica</a> (island of Crete) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_period">Medieval period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Medieval period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Emirate_of_Crete_Map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Emirate_of_Crete_Map.svg/200px-Emirate_of_Crete_Map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Emirate_of_Crete_Map.svg/300px-Emirate_of_Crete_Map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Emirate_of_Crete_Map.svg/400px-Emirate_of_Crete_Map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1498" data-file-height="1011" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Crete" title="Emirate of Crete">Emirate of Crete</a>, after early conquest of Arabs</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire" title="Fall of the Western Roman Empire">fall of the Western Roman Empire</a> allowed its successor state, the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>, to continue Roman control over the Aegean Sea. However, their territory would later be threatened by the <a href="/wiki/Early_Muslim_conquests" title="Early Muslim conquests">early Muslim conquests</a> initiated by <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> in the 7th century. Although the <a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashidun Caliphate</a> did not manage to obtain land along the coast of the Aegean Sea, its conquest of the Eastern Anatolian peninsula as well as Egypt, the Levant, and North Africa left the Byzantine Empire weakened. The <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad Caliphate</a> expanded the territorial gains of the Rashidun Caliphate, conquering much of North Africa, and threatened the Byzantine Empire's control of Western Anatolia, where it meets the Aegean Sea. </p><p>During the 820s, Crete was conquered by a group of <a href="/wiki/Berbers" title="Berbers">Berbers</a> <a href="/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus">Andalusians</a> exiles led by <a href="/wiki/Abu_Hafs_Umar_al-Iqritishi" title="Abu Hafs Umar al-Iqritishi">Abu Hafs Umar al-Iqritishi</a>, and it became an independent <a href="/wiki/Islamic" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic">Islamic</a> state.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Byzantine Empire launched a campaign that took most of the island back in 842 and 843 under <a href="/wiki/Theoktistos" title="Theoktistos">Theoktistos</a>, but the re-conquest was not completed and was soon reversed. Later attempts by the Byzantine Empire to recover the island were without success. For the approximately 135 years of its existence, the emirate of Crete was one of the major foes of Byzantium. Crete commanded the sea lanes of the Eastern Mediterranean and functioned as a forward base and haven for Muslim corsair fleets that ravaged the Byzantine-controlled shores of the Aegean Sea. Crete returned to Byzantine rule under <a href="/wiki/Nikephoros_II_Phokas" title="Nikephoros II Phokas">Nikephoros II Phokas</a>, who launched a huge campaign against the Emirate of Crete in 960 to 961.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, the <a href="/wiki/First_Bulgarian_Empire" title="First Bulgarian Empire">Bulgarian Empire</a> threatened Byzantine control of Northern Greece and the Aegean coast to the south. Under <a href="/wiki/Presian_of_Bulgaria" title="Presian of Bulgaria">Presian</a> and his successor <a href="/wiki/Boris_I_of_Bulgaria" title="Boris I of Bulgaria">Boris I</a>, the Bulgarian Empire managed to obtain a small portion of the northern Aegean coast.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Simeon_I_of_Bulgaria" title="Simeon I of Bulgaria">Simeon I of Bulgaria</a> led Bulgaria to its greatest territorial expansion, and managed to conqueror much of the northern and western coasts of the Aegean. The Byzantines later regained control. The Second Bulgarian Empire achieved similar success along, again, the northern and western coasts, under <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Asen_II_of_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria">Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria</a>. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aegean_Sea_by_Piri_Reis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Aegean_Sea_by_Piri_Reis.jpg/200px-Aegean_Sea_by_Piri_Reis.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Aegean_Sea_by_Piri_Reis.jpg/300px-Aegean_Sea_by_Piri_Reis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Aegean_Sea_by_Piri_Reis.jpg/400px-Aegean_Sea_by_Piri_Reis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="724" data-file-height="562" /></a><figcaption>A 1528 map of the Aegean Sea by Turkish geographer <a href="/wiki/Piri_Reis" title="Piri Reis">Piri Reis</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Seljuk_dynasty" title="Seljuk dynasty">Seljuk Turks</a>, under the <a href="/wiki/Seljuk_Empire" title="Seljuk Empire">Seljuk Empire</a>, invaded the Byzantine Empire in 1068, from which they annexed almost all the territories of Anatolia, including the east coast of the Aegean Sea, during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Alp_Arslan" title="Alp Arslan">Alp Arslan</a>, the second <a href="/wiki/Sultan" title="Sultan">Sultan</a> of the Seljuk Empire. After the death of his successor, <a href="/wiki/Malik_Shah_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Malik Shah I">Malik Shah I</a>, the empire was divided, and Malik Shah was succeeded in Anatolia by <a href="/wiki/Kilij_Arslan_I" title="Kilij Arslan I">Kilij Arslan I</a>, who founded the <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Rum" title="Sultanate of Rum">Sultanate of Rum</a>. The Byzantines yet again recaptured the eastern coast of the Aegean. </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> was occupied by Western European and Venetian forces during the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Crusade" title="Fourth Crusade">Fourth Crusade</a>, the area around the Aegean Sea was fragmented into multiple entities, including the <a href="/wiki/Latin_Empire" title="Latin Empire">Latin Empire</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Thessalonica" title="Kingdom of Thessalonica">Kingdom of Thessalonica</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Nicaea" title="Empire of Nicaea">Empire of Nicaea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Achaea" title="Principality of Achaea">Principality of Achaea</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Athens" title="Duchy of Athens">Duchy of Athens</a>. The Venetians created the maritime state of the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_the_Archipelago" title="Duchy of the Archipelago">Duchy of the Archipelago</a>, which included all the Cyclades except <a href="/wiki/Mykonos" title="Mykonos">Mykonos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tinos" title="Tinos">Tinos</a>. The Empire of Nicaea, a Byzantine rump state, managed to affect the <a href="/wiki/Recapture_of_Constantinople" class="mw-redirect" title="Recapture of Constantinople">Recapture of Constantinople</a> from the Latins in 1261 and defeat Epirus. Byzantine successes were not to last; the Ottomans would conquer the area around the Aegean coast, but before their expansion the Byzantine Empire had already been weakened from internal conflict. By the late 14th century, the Byzantine Empire had lost all control of the coast of the Aegean Sea and could exercise power around their capital, Constantinople. The Ottoman Empire then gained control of all the Aegean coast with the exception of Crete, which was a Venetian colony until 1669. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_Period">Modern Period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Modern Period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:German_tanks_in_Rhodes.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/German_tanks_in_Rhodes.gif/200px-German_tanks_in_Rhodes.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/German_tanks_in_Rhodes.gif/300px-German_tanks_in_Rhodes.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/German_tanks_in_Rhodes.gif/400px-German_tanks_in_Rhodes.gif 2x" data-file-width="418" data-file-height="287" /></a><figcaption>German Tanks in <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a> during the <a href="/wiki/WW2" class="mw-redirect" title="WW2">WW2</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence" title="Greek War of Independence">Greek War of Independence</a> allowed a Greek state on the coast of the Aegean from 1829 onward. The Ottoman Empire held a presence over the sea for over 500 years until its <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire">dissolution</a> following <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, when it was replaced by modern Turkey. During the war, Greece gained control over the area around the northern coast of the Aegean. By the 1930s, Greece and Turkey had about resumed their present-day borders. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Italo-Turkish_War" title="Italo-Turkish War">Italo-Turkish War</a> of 1912, Italy captured the Dodecanese islands, and had occupied them since, reneging on the 1919 <a href="/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos" title="Eleftherios Venizelos">Venizelos</a>–<a href="/wiki/Tommaso_Tittoni" title="Tommaso Tittoni">Tittoni</a> agreement to cede them to Greece. The Greco-Italian War took place from October 1940 to April 1941 as part of the <a href="/wiki/Balkans_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balkans Campaign (World War II)">Balkans Campaign</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The Italian war aim was to establish a Greek <a href="/wiki/Puppet_state" title="Puppet state">puppet state</a>, which would permit the Italian annexation of the Sporades and Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea, to be administered as a part of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Aegean_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Aegean Islands">Italian Aegean Islands</a>. The German invasion resulted in the <a href="/wiki/Axis_occupation_of_Greece" title="Axis occupation of Greece">Axis occupation of Greece</a>. The German troops evacuated Athens on 12 October 1944, and by the end of the month, they had withdrawn from mainland Greece. Greece was then liberated by Allied troops. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy_and_politics">Economy and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Economy and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many of the islands in the Aegean have safe harbours and bays. In ancient times, navigation through the sea was easier than travelling across the rough terrain of the Greek mainland, and to some extent, the coastal areas of Anatolia. Many of the islands are <a href="/wiki/Volcano" title="Volcano">volcanic</a>, and marble and iron are mined on other islands. The larger islands have some fertile valleys and plains. </p><p>Of the main islands in the Aegean Sea, two belong to Turkey – <a href="/wiki/Bozcaada" class="mw-redirect" title="Bozcaada">Bozcaada</a> (Tenedos) and <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6k%C3%A7eada" class="mw-redirect" title="Gökçeada">Gökçeada</a> (Imbros); the rest belong to Greece. Between the two countries, there are <a href="/wiki/Aegean_dispute" title="Aegean dispute">political disputes</a> over several aspects of political control over the Aegean space, including the size of territorial waters, air control and the <a href="/wiki/Delimitation" class="mw-redirect" title="Delimitation">delimitation</a> of economic rights to the <a href="/wiki/Continental_shelf" title="Continental shelf">continental shelf</a>. These issues are known as the <a href="/wiki/Aegean_dispute" title="Aegean dispute">Aegean dispute</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transport">Transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Multiple ports are located along the Greek and Turkish coasts of the Aegean Sea. The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Piraeus" title="Port of Piraeus">port of Piraeus</a> in Athens is the chief port in Greece, the largest passenger port in Europe<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the third largest in the world,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/List_of_busiest_cruise_ports_by_passengers" title="List of busiest cruise ports by passengers">servicing about 20 million passengers</a> annually. With a throughput of 1.4 million <a href="/wiki/Twenty-foot_equivalent_unit" title="Twenty-foot equivalent unit">TEUs</a>, Piraeus is placed among the top ten ports in container traffic in Europe and the top container port in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Mediterranean" title="Eastern Mediterranean">Eastern Mediterranean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Piraeus is also the commercial hub of <a href="/wiki/Greek_shipping" title="Greek shipping">Greek shipping</a>. Piraeus bi-annually acts as the focus for a major shipping convention, known as Posidonia, which attracts maritime industry professionals from all over the world. Piraeus is currently Greece's third-busiest port in terms of tons of goods transported, behind <a href="/wiki/Agioi_Theodoroi" title="Agioi Theodoroi">Agioi Theodoroi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Thessaloniki" title="Port of Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="This ref was deleted (Special:Diff/902179474) by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite at Special:Permalink/901463900 cite #27 – please verify the cite's accuracy and remove this {verify source} template. User:GreenC bot/Job 18 (August 2019)">verification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The central port serves ferry routes to almost every island in the eastern portion of Greece, the island of Crete, the Cyclades, the Dodecanese, and much of the northern and the eastern Aegean Sea, while the western part of the port is used for cargo services. </p><p>As of 2007, the Port of Thessaloniki was the second-largest container port in Greece after the port of Piraeus, making it one of the busiest ports in Greece. In 2007, the Port of Thessaloniki handled 14,373,245 tonnes of cargo and 222,824 <a href="/wiki/Twenty-foot_equivalent_unit" title="Twenty-foot equivalent unit">TEU's</a>. Paloukia, on the island of <a href="/wiki/Salamis_Island" title="Salamis Island">Salamis</a>, is a major passenger port. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fishing">Fishing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Fishing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fish are Greece's second-largest agricultural export, and Greece has Europe's largest fishing fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fish captured include <a href="/wiki/Sardines_as_food" title="Sardines as food">sardines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mackerel_as_food" title="Mackerel as food">mackerel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grouper" title="Grouper">grouper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grey_mullet" title="Grey mullet">grey mullets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sea_bass" title="Sea bass">sea bass</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sparidae" title="Sparidae">seabream</a>. There is a considerable difference between fish catches between the pelagic and demersal zones;<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with respect to pelagic fisheries, the catches from the northern, central and southern Aegean area groupings are dominated, respectively, by <a href="/wiki/Anchovy" title="Anchovy">anchovy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trachurus" title="Trachurus">horse mackerels</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Boops" title="Boops">boops</a>. For demersal fisheries, the catches from the northern and southern Aegean area groupings are dominated by <a href="/wiki/Mullet_(fish)" title="Mullet (fish)">grey mullets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spicara_smaris" title="Spicara smaris">pickerel</a> (<i>Spicara smaris</i>) respectively. </p><p>The industry has been impacted by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Recession" title="Great Recession">Great Recession</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (August 2019)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Overfishing and <a href="/wiki/Habitat_destruction" title="Habitat destruction">habitat destruction</a> is also a concern, threatening grouper, and seabream populations, resulting in perhaps a 50% decline of fish catch.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To address these concerns, Greek fishermen have been offered a compensation by the government. Although some species are defined as protected or threatened under EU legislation, several illegal species such as the molluscs <i><a href="/wiki/Pinna_nobilis" title="Pinna nobilis">Pinna nobilis</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Charonia_tritonis" title="Charonia tritonis">Charonia tritonis</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Lithophaga_lithophaga" title="Lithophaga lithophaga">Lithophaga lithophaga</a></i>, can be bought in restaurants and fish markets around Greece.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chora_of_Mykonos_(9).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Chora_of_Mykonos_%289%29.jpg/220px-Chora_of_Mykonos_%289%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Chora_of_Mykonos_%289%29.jpg/330px-Chora_of_Mykonos_%289%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Chora_of_Mykonos_%289%29.jpg/440px-Chora_of_Mykonos_%289%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5152" data-file-height="3864" /></a><figcaption>Tourists in the town of <a href="/wiki/Mykonos" title="Mykonos">Mykonos</a>, part of the Cyclades</figcaption></figure> <p>The Aegean islands within the Aegean Sea are significant tourist destinations. Tourism to the Aegean islands contributes a significant portion of <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Greece" title="Tourism in Greece">tourism in Greece</a>, especially since the second half of the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of five UNESCO <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage sites</a> are located the Aegean Islands; these include the <a href="/wiki/Monastery_of_Saint_John_the_Theologian" title="Monastery of Saint John the Theologian">Monastery of Saint John the Theologian</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cave_of_the_Apocalypse" title="Cave of the Apocalypse">Cave of the Apocalypse</a> on <a href="/wiki/Patmos" title="Patmos">Patmos</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Pythagoreion" title="Pythagoreion">Pythagoreion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heraion_of_Samos" title="Heraion of Samos">Heraion of Samos</a> in <a href="/wiki/Samos" title="Samos">Samos</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Nea_Moni_of_Chios" title="Nea Moni of Chios">Nea Moni of Chios</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the island of <a href="/wiki/Delos" title="Delos">Delos</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Rhodes_(city)" title="Rhodes (city)">Medieval City of Rhodes.</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Greece is one of the <a href="/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings#Europe" title="World Tourism rankings">most visited countries</a> in Europe and the world with over 33 million visitors in 2018,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the tourism industry around a quarter of Greece's Gross Domestic Product.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The islands of Santorini, Crete, Lesbos, Delos, and Mykonos are common tourist destinations. An estimated 2 million tourists visit Santorini annually.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, concerns relating to <a href="/wiki/Overtourism" title="Overtourism">overtourism</a> have arisen in recent years, such as issues of inadequate infrastructure and overcrowding.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alongside Greece, Turkey has also been successful in developing resort areas and attracting large number of tourists,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> contributing to <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Turkey" title="Tourism in Turkey">tourism in Turkey</a>. The phrase "<a href="/wiki/Blue_Cruise" title="Blue Cruise">Blue Cruise</a>" refers to recreational voyages along the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Riviera" title="Turkish Riviera">Turkish Riviera</a>, including across the Aegean.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ancient city of <a href="/wiki/Troy" title="Troy">Troy</a>, a World Heritage Site, is on the Turkish coast of the Aegean.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Greece and Turkey both take part in the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Flag_beach" title="Blue Flag beach">Blue Flag beach</a> certification programme of the <a href="/wiki/Foundation_for_Environmental_Education" title="Foundation for Environmental Education">Foundation for Environmental Education</a>. The certification is awarded for beaches and <a href="/wiki/Marina" title="Marina">marinas</a> meeting strict quality standards including environmental protection, water quality, safety and services criteria.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2015, the Blue Flag has been awarded to 395 beaches and 9 marinas in Greece. Southern Aegean beaches on the Turkish coast include <a href="/wiki/Mu%C4%9Fla" title="Muğla">Muğla</a>, with 102 beaches awarded with the blue flag, along with <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n" title="Aydın">Aydın</a>, who have 49 and 30 beaches awarded respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Sea&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 June</span> 2024</span>. <q>The maximum depth of the Aegean is to be found east of Crete, where it reaches 11,627 feet (3,544 metres).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Britannica&rft.atitle=Aegean+Sea&rft.date=2024-06-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fplace%2FAegean-Sea&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAegean+Sea" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Aegean-Sea">"Aegean Sea | Mediterranean Sea"</a>. <i>Encyclopedia Britannica</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230528110411/https://www.britannica.com/place/Aegean-Sea">Archived</a> from the original on 28 May 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Greece">Megalopolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thebes,_Greece" title="Thebes, Greece">Thebes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megara" title="Megara">Megara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samos" title="Samos">Samos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Sparta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lissus_(Crete)" title="Lissus (Crete)">Lissus (Crete)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Kingdoms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bithynia" title="Kingdom of Bithynia">Bithynia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cappadocia" title="Kingdom of Cappadocia">Cappadocia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epirus_(ancient_state)" title="Epirus (ancient state)">Epirus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greco-Bactrian_Kingdom" title="Greco-Bactrian Kingdom">Greco-Bactrian Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Greek_Kingdom" title="Indo-Greek Kingdom">Indo-Greek Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)" title="Macedonia (ancient kingdom)">Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Pergamon" title="Kingdom of Pergamon">Pergamon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Pontus" title="Kingdom of Pontus">Pontus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_Kingdom" title="Ptolemaic Kingdom">Ptolemaic Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">Federations</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Confederation" title="Confederation">Confederations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doric_Hexapolis" title="Doric Hexapolis">Doric Hexapolis</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1100</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 560 BC</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italiotes#Italiote_League" title="Italiotes">Italiote League</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 800</span>–389 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ionian_League" title="Ionian League">Ionian League</a> (c. 650–404 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peloponnesian_League" title="Peloponnesian League">Peloponnesian League</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 550</span>–366 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphictyonic_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphictyonic League">Amphictyonic League</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 595</span>–279 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acarnanian_League" title="Acarnanian League">Acarnanian League</a> (c. 500–31 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greco-Persian_Wars" title="Greco-Persian Wars">Hellenic League</a> (499–449 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delian_League" title="Delian League">Delian League</a> (478–404 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalcidian_League" title="Chalcidian League">Chalcidian League</a> (430–348 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeotia#Boeotian_League" title="Boeotia">Boeotian League</a> (c. 424–c. 395 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aetolian_League" title="Aetolian League">Aetolian League</a> (c. 400–188 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Athenian_League" title="Second Athenian League">Second Athenian League</a> (378–355 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thessalian_League" title="Thessalian League">Thessalian League</a> (374–196 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcadian_League" title="Arcadian League">Arcadian League</a> (370–c. 230 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epirote_League" title="Epirote League">Epirote League</a> (370–168 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Corinth" title="League of Corinth">League of Corinth</a> (338–322 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euboean_League" title="Euboean League">Euboean League</a> (c. 300 BC–c. 300 AD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achaean_League" title="Achaean League">Achaean League</a> (280–146 BC)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece#Politics_and_society" title="Ancient Greece">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boule_(ancient_Greece)" title="Boule (ancient Greece)">Boule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_city_(classical_antiquity)" title="Free city (classical antiquity)">Free city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koinon" title="Koinon">Koinon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proxeny" title="Proxeny">Proxeny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stasis_(ancient_Greece)" title="Stasis (ancient Greece)">Stasis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tagus_(title)" title="Tagus (title)">Tagus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrant" title="Tyrant">Tyrant</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Athenian_democracy" title="Athenian democracy">Athenian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agora" title="Agora">Agora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Areopagus" title="Areopagus">Areopagus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesia_(ancient_Athens)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecclesia (ancient Athens)">Ecclesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graphe_paranomon" title="Graphe paranomon">Graphe paranomon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heliaia" title="Heliaia">Heliaia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ostracism" title="Ostracism">Ostracism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Spartan_Constitution" title="Spartan Constitution">Spartan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesia_(Sparta)" title="Ecclesia (Sparta)">Ekklesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ephor" title="Ephor">Ephor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerousia" title="Gerousia">Gerousia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)" title="Macedonia (ancient kingdom)">Macedon</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Synedrion" title="Synedrion">Synedrion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koinon_of_Macedonians" class="mw-redirect" title="Koinon of Macedonians">Koinon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_warfare" title="Ancient Greek warfare">Military</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Greece" title="List of wars involving Greece">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athenian_military" title="Athenian military">Athenian military</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scythian_archers" title="Scythian archers">Scythian archers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antigonid_Macedonian_army" title="Antigonid Macedonian army">Antigonid Macedonian army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Macedonian_army" title="Ancient Macedonian army">Army of Macedon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballista" title="Ballista">Ballista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cretan_archers" title="Cretan archers">Cretan archers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_armies" title="Hellenistic armies">Hellenistic armies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippeis" title="Hippeis">Hippeis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoplite" title="Hoplite">Hoplite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Companion_cavalry" title="Companion cavalry">Hetairoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_phalanx" title="Macedonian phalanx">Macedonian phalanx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_of_Mycenaean_Greece" title="Military of Mycenaean Greece">Military of Mycenaean Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phalanx" title="Phalanx">Phalanx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peltast" title="Peltast">Peltast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pezhetairos" title="Pezhetairos">Pezhetairos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarissa" title="Sarissa">Sarissa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes" title="Sacred Band of Thebes">Sacred Band of Thebes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sciritae" title="Sciritae">Sciritae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seleucid_army" title="Seleucid army">Seleucid army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spartan_army" title="Spartan army">Spartan army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategos" title="Strategos">Strategos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toxotai" title="Toxotai">Toxotai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiphos" title="Xiphos">Xiphos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xyston" title="Xyston">Xyston</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="People390" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Category:Ancient_Greeks" title="Category:Ancient Greeks">People</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="List_of_ancient_Greeks183"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greeks" title="List of ancient Greeks">List of ancient Greeks</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_rulers_of_Greece#Antiquity" class="mw-redirect" title="Lists of rulers of Greece">Rulers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Argos" title="List of kings of Argos">Kings of Argos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eponymous_archon" title="Eponymous archon">Archons of Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Athens" title="List of kings of Athens">Kings of Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Commagene" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rulers of Commagene">Kings of Commagene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diadochi" title="Diadochi">Diadochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Macedonia" title="List of kings of Macedonia">Kings of Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Thrace_and_Dacia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rulers of Thrace and Dacia">Kings of Paionia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attalid_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Attalid dynasty">Attalid kings of Pergamon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Pontus" class="mw-redirect" title="List of kings of Pontus">Kings of Pontus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty" title="Ptolemaic dynasty">Ptolemaic dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seleucid_dynasty" title="Seleucid dynasty">Seleucid dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Sparta" title="List of kings of Sparta">Kings of Sparta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tyrants_of_Syracuse" title="List of tyrants of Syracuse">Tyrants of Syracuse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Artists & scholars</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_astronomers" title="List of ancient Greek astronomers">Astronomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Graeco-Roman_geographers" title="List of Graeco-Roman geographers">Geographers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_historians" title="List of ancient Greek historians">Historians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_mathematicians" title="List of ancient Greek mathematicians">Mathematicians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_philosophers" title="List of ancient Greek philosophers">Philosophers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_playwrights" title="List of ancient Greek playwrights">Playwrights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_poets" title="List of ancient Greek poets">Poets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Sages_of_Greece" title="Seven Sages of Greece">Seven Sages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_writers" title="List of ancient Greek writers">Writers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_philosophy" title="Ancient Greek philosophy">Philosophers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anaxagoras" title="Anaxagoras">Anaxagoras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anaximander" title="Anaximander">Anaximander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anaximenes_of_Miletus" title="Anaximenes of Miletus">Anaximenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antisthenes" title="Antisthenes">Antisthenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aristotle" title="Aristotle">Aristotle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democritus" title="Democritus">Democritus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diogenes" title="Diogenes">Diogenes of Sinope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empedocles" title="Empedocles">Empedocles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epicurus" title="Epicurus">Epicurus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorgias" title="Gorgias">Gorgias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraclitus" title="Heraclitus">Heraclitus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypatia" title="Hypatia">Hypatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leucippus" title="Leucippus">Leucippus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parmenides" title="Parmenides">Parmenides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plato" title="Plato">Plato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protagoras" title="Protagoras">Protagoras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pythagoras" title="Pythagoras">Pythagoras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thales_of_Miletus" title="Thales of Miletus">Thales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeno_of_Elea" title="Zeno of Elea">Zeno</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_literature" title="Ancient Greek literature">Authors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aeschylus" title="Aeschylus">Aeschylus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aesop" title="Aesop">Aesop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcaeus_of_Mytilene" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcaeus of Mytilene">Alcaeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archilochus" title="Archilochus">Archilochus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aristophanes" title="Aristophanes">Aristophanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacchylides" title="Bacchylides">Bacchylides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euripides" title="Euripides">Euripides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesiod" title="Hesiod">Hesiod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hipponax" title="Hipponax">Hipponax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homer" title="Homer">Homer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibycus" title="Ibycus">Ibycus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucian" title="Lucian">Lucian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menander" title="Menander">Menander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mimnermus" title="Mimnermus">Mimnermus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panyassis" title="Panyassis">Panyassis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philocles" title="Philocles">Philocles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pindar" title="Pindar">Pindar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plutarch" title="Plutarch">Plutarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polybius" title="Polybius">Polybius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sappho" title="Sappho">Sappho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simonides_of_Ceos" title="Simonides of Ceos">Simonides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophocles" title="Sophocles">Sophocles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stesichorus" title="Stesichorus">Stesichorus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theognis_of_Megara" title="Theognis of Megara">Theognis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thucydides" title="Thucydides">Thucydides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timocreon" title="Timocreon">Timocreon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrtaeus" title="Tyrtaeus">Tyrtaeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xenophon" title="Xenophon">Xenophon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Athenian_statesmen" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ancient Athenian statesmen">Athenian statesmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_lawgivers" title="List of ancient Greek lawgivers">Lawgivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Olympic_victors" title="List of ancient Olympic victors">Olympic victors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_tyrants" title="List of ancient Greek tyrants">Tyrants</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_tribes" title="List of ancient Greek tribes">Ancient Greek tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Thracian_Greeks" title="List of Thracian Greeks">Thracian Greeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Macedonians" title="List of ancient Macedonians">Ancient Macedonians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="SocietyCulture390" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece#Politics_and_society" title="Ancient Greece">Society</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Greece" title="Culture of Greece">Culture</a></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece#Politics_and_society" title="Ancient Greece">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_ancient_Greece" title="Agriculture in ancient Greece">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_calendars" title="Ancient Greek calendars">Calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clothing_in_ancient_Greece" title="Clothing in ancient Greece">Clothing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_coinage" title="Ancient Greek coinage">Coinage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_cuisine" title="Ancient Greek cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_ancient_Greece" title="Economy of ancient Greece">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paideia" title="Paideia">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emporium_(antiquity)" title="Emporium (antiquity)">Emporium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euergetism" title="Euergetism">Euergetism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athenian_festivals" title="Athenian festivals">Festivals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_folklore" title="Ancient Greek folklore">Folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homosexuality_in_ancient_Greece" title="Homosexuality in ancient Greece">Homosexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_law" title="Ancient Greek law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games" title="Ancient Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pederasty_in_ancient_Greece" title="Pederasty in ancient Greece">Pederasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_philosophy" title="Ancient Greek philosophy">Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_ancient_Greece" title="Prostitution in ancient Greece">Prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_religion" title="Ancient Greek religion">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Greece" title="Slavery in ancient Greece">Slavery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_warfare" title="Ancient Greek warfare">Warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_ancient_Greece" title="Marriage in ancient Greece">Wedding customs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece_and_wine" title="Ancient Greece and wine">Wine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_art" title="Ancient Greek art">Arts</a> and science</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_architecture" title="Ancient Greek architecture">Architecture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Revival_architecture" title="Greek Revival architecture">Greek Revival architecture</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_astronomy" title="Ancient Greek astronomy">Astronomy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_literature" title="Ancient Greek literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_mathematics" title="Greek mathematics">Mathematics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_medicine" title="Ancient Greek medicine">Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_ancient_Greece" title="Music of ancient Greece">Music</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Musical_system_of_ancient_Greece" title="Musical system of ancient Greece">Musical system</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottery_of_ancient_Greece" title="Pottery of ancient Greece">Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_sculpture" title="Ancient Greek sculpture">Sculpture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_technology" title="Ancient Greek technology">Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_of_ancient_Greece" title="Theatre of ancient Greece">Theatre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_religion" title="Ancient Greek religion">Religion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_funeral_and_burial_practices" title="Ancient Greek funeral and burial practices">Funeral and burial practices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Mythology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_deities" title="List of Greek deities">Deities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_temple" title="Ancient Greek temple">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Olympians" title="Twelve Olympians">Twelve Olympians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_underworld" title="Greek underworld">Underworld</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Sacred places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eleusis" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleusis">Eleusis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delphi" title="Delphi">Delphi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delos" title="Delos">Delos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dion,_Pieria" title="Dion, Pieria">Dion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodona" title="Dodona">Dodona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Olympus" title="Mount Olympus">Mount Olympus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Greece" title="Olympia, Greece">Olympia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Structures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athenian_Treasury" title="Athenian Treasury">Athenian Treasury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion_Gate" title="Lion Gate">Lion Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Walls" title="Long Walls">Long Walls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippeion" title="Philippeion">Philippeion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_of_Dionysus" title="Theatre of Dionysus">Theatre of Dionysus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunnel_of_Eupalinos" title="Tunnel of Eupalinos">Tunnel of Eupalinos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_temple" title="Ancient Greek temple">Temples</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Aphaea" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple of Aphaea">Aphaea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis" title="Temple of Artemis">Artemis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Athena_Nike" title="Temple of Athena Nike">Athena Nike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erechtheion" title="Erechtheion">Erechtheion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Hephaestus" title="Temple of Hephaestus">Hephaestus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Hera,_Olympia" title="Temple of Hera, Olympia">Hera, Olympia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthenon" title="Parthenon">Parthenon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samothrace_temple_complex" title="Samothrace temple complex">Samothrace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Zeus,_Olympia" title="Temple of Zeus, Olympia">Zeus, Olympia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Language</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proto-Greek_language" title="Proto-Greek language">Proto-Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mycenaean_Greek" title="Mycenaean Greek">Mycenaean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeric_Greek" title="Homeric Greek">Homeric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_dialects" title="Ancient Greek dialects">Dialects</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aeolic_Greek" title="Aeolic Greek">Aeolic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcadocypriot_Greek" title="Arcadocypriot Greek">Arcadocypriot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attic_Greek" title="Attic Greek">Attic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doric_Greek" title="Doric Greek">Doric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epirote_Greek" title="Epirote Greek">Epirote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ionic_Greek" title="Ionic Greek">Ionic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Locrian_Greek" title="Locrian Greek">Locrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Macedonian_language" title="Ancient Macedonian language">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamphylian_Greek" title="Pamphylian Greek">Pamphylian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Greek_alphabet" title="History of the Greek alphabet">Writing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Linear_A" title="Linear A">Linear A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linear_B" title="Linear B">Linear B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypriot_syllabary" title="Cypriot syllabary">Cypriot syllabary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_alphabet" title="Greek alphabet">Greek alphabet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_numerals" title="Greek numerals">Greek numerals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attic_numerals" title="Attic numerals">Attic numerals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Greek_colonisation390" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greek_colonisation" title="Greek colonisation">Greek colonisation</a></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Magna_Graecia" title="Magna Graecia">Magna Graecia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mainland<br />Italy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce">Alision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brindisi" title="Brindisi">Brentesion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caulonia_(ancient_city)" title="Caulonia (ancient city)">Caulonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casabona" title="Casabona">Chone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crotone" title="Crotone">Croton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumae" title="Cumae">Cumae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Velia" title="Velia">Elea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraclea_Lucania" title="Heraclea Lucania">Heraclea Lucania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vibo_Valentia" title="Vibo Valentia">Hipponion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otranto" title="Otranto">Hydrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krimisa" title="Krimisa">Krimisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La%C3%BCs" title="Laüs">Laüs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Locri" title="Locri">Locri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medma" title="Medma">Medma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metauros" title="Metauros">Metauros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metapontum" title="Metapontum">Metapontion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Neápolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandosia_(Lucania)" title="Pandosia (Lucania)">Pandosia (Lucania)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paestum" title="Paestum">Poseidonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Policastro_Bussentino" title="Policastro Bussentino">Pixous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggio_Calabria" title="Reggio Calabria">Rhegion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scylletium" title="Scylletium">Scylletium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siris_(Magna_Graecia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siris (Magna Graecia)">Siris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sybaris" title="Sybaris">Sybaris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sybaris_on_the_Traeis" title="Sybaris on the Traeis">Sybaris on the Traeis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taranto" title="Taranto">Taras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terina_(ancient_city)" title="Terina (ancient city)">Terina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurii" title="Thurii">Thurii</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agrigento" title="Agrigento">Akragas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akrai" title="Akrai">Akrai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akrillai" title="Akrillai">Akrillai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollonia_(Sicily)" title="Apollonia (Sicily)">Apollonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caronia" title="Caronia">Calacte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casmenae" title="Casmenae">Casmenae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catania" title="Catania">Catana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gela" title="Gela">Gela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helorus" title="Helorus">Helorus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enna" title="Enna">Henna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraclea_Minoa" title="Heraclea Minoa">Heraclea Minoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himera" title="Himera">Himera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hybla_Gereatis" title="Hybla Gereatis">Hybla Gereatis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hybla_Heraea" title="Hybla Heraea">Hybla Heraea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamarina,_Sicily" title="Kamarina, Sicily">Kamarina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lentini" title="Lentini">Leontinoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megara_Hyblaea" title="Megara Hyblaea">Megara Hyblaea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messina" title="Messina">Messana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxos_(Sicily)" title="Naxos (Sicily)">Naxos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Segesta" title="Segesta">Segesta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selinunte" title="Selinunte">Selinous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taormina" title="Taormina">Tauromenion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sciacca" title="Sciacca">Thermae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tindari" title="Tindari">Tyndaris</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aeolian_Islands" title="Aeolian Islands">Aeolian Islands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salina,_Sicily" title="Salina, Sicily">Didyme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panarea" title="Panarea">Euonymos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alicudi" title="Alicudi">Ereikousa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basiluzzo" title="Basiluzzo">Hycesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lipari" title="Lipari">Lipara/Meligounis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filicudi" title="Filicudi">Phoenicusa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stromboli" title="Stromboli">Strongyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulcano" title="Vulcano">Therassía</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cyrenaica" title="Cyrenaica">Cyrenaica</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bayda,_Libya" title="Bayda, Libya">Balagrae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barca_(ancient_city)" title="Barca (ancient city)">Barca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benghazi" title="Benghazi">Berenice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyrene,_Libya" title="Cyrene, Libya">Cyrene</a> (<a href="/wiki/Apollonia,_Cyrenaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollonia, Cyrenaica">Apollonia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptolemais,_Cyrenaica" title="Ptolemais, Cyrenaica">Ptolemais</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iberian_Peninsula" title="Iberian Peninsula">Iberian Peninsula</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lucentum" title="Lucentum">Akra Leuke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villajoyosa" title="Villajoyosa">Alonis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emp%C3%BAries" title="Empúries">Emporion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elche" title="Elche">Helike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9nia" title="Dénia">Hemeroscopion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aljaraque" title="Aljaraque">Kalathousa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant_Mart%C3%AD_d%27Emp%C3%BAries" title="Sant Martí d'Empúries">Kypsela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mainake_(Greek_settlement)" title="Mainake (Greek settlement)">Mainake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Puerto_de_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa" title="El Puerto de Santa María">Menestheus's Limin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Pola" title="Santa Pola">Illicitanus Limin/Portus Illicitanus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roses,_Girona" class="mw-redirect" title="Roses, Girona">Rhode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salou" title="Salou">Salauris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagunto" title="Sagunto">Zacynthos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Illyria" title="Illyria">Illyria</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aspalathos" class="mw-redirect" title="Aspalathos">Aspalathos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollonia_(Illyria)" title="Apollonia (Illyria)">Apollonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB#Early_history" title="Vlorë">Aulon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epidamnos" title="Epidamnos">Epidamnos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epidaurum" title="Epidaurum">Epidauros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Issa_(polis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Issa (polis)">Issa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melaina_Korkyra" class="mw-redirect" title="Melaina Korkyra">Melaina Korkyra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nymphaeum_(Illyria)" title="Nymphaeum (Illyria)">Nymphaion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oricum" title="Oricum">Orikon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharos_(polis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharos (polis)">Pharos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tragurion" class="mw-redirect" title="Tragurion">Tragurion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thronion_(Illyria)" title="Thronion (Illyria)">Thronion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a><br />basin</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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id="Aegean_Islands223"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Aegean_Islands" title="List of Aegean Islands"><b>Aegean Islands</b></a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cyclades" title="Cyclades">Cyclades</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amorgos" title="Amorgos">Amorgos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anafi" title="Anafi">Anafi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananes" title="Ananes">Ananes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andros" title="Andros">Andros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antimilos" title="Antimilos">Antimilos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiparos" title="Antiparos">Antiparos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daskalio" title="Daskalio">Daskalio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delos" title="Delos">Delos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Despotiko" title="Despotiko">Despotiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donousa" title="Donousa">Donousa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folegandros" title="Folegandros">Folegandros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyaros" title="Gyaros">Gyaros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ios" title="Ios">Ios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irakleia_(Cyclades)" title="Irakleia (Cyclades)">Irakleia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kardiotissa" title="Kardiotissa">Kardiotissa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kea_(island)" title="Kea (island)">Kea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keros" title="Keros">Keros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimolos" title="Kimolos">Kimolos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koufonisia" title="Koufonisia">Koufonisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kythnos" title="Kythnos">Kythnos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milos" title="Milos">Milos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mykonos" title="Mykonos">Mykonos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxos" title="Naxos">Naxos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paros" title="Paros">Paros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polyaigos" title="Polyaigos">Polyaigos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rineia" title="Rineia">Rineia</a></li> 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Aegean_with_legends.svg/150px-Aegean_with_legends.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Aegean_with_legends.svg/225px-Aegean_with_legends.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Aegean_with_legends.svg/300px-Aegean_with_legends.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="467" /></a><figcaption>Aegean Sea</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dodecanese" title="Dodecanese">Dodecanese</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agathonisi" title="Agathonisi">Agathonisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alimia" title="Alimia">Alimia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkoi" title="Arkoi">Arkoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armathia" title="Armathia">Armathia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Astakida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Astakida (page does not exist)">Astakida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astypalaia" title="Astypalaia">Astypalaia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87atalada" title="Çatalada">Çatalada</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chamili&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chamili (page does not exist)">Chamili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmakonisi" title="Farmakonisi">Farmakonisi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaidaros&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gaidaros (page does not exist)">Gaidaros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyali" title="Gyali">Gyali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halki_(Greece)" title="Halki (Greece)">Halki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imia" title="Imia">Imia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalolimnos" title="Kalolimnos">Kalolimnos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalymnos" title="Kalymnos">Kalymnos</a></li> <li><a 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exist)">Pacheia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patmos" title="Patmos">Patmos</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Platy_(island)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Platy (island) (page does not exist)">Platy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pserimos" title="Pserimos">Pserimos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salih_Ada" title="Salih Ada">Salih Ada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saria_Island" title="Saria Island">Saria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symi" title="Symi">Symi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrna_(island)" title="Syrna (island)">Syrna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telendos" title="Telendos">Telendos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilos" title="Tilos">Tilos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaforas" title="Zaforas">Zaforas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Aegean_islands" title="North Aegean islands">North Aegean</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Efstratios" title="Agios Efstratios">Agios Efstratios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Minas_Island" title="Agios Minas Island">Agios Minas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammouliani" title="Ammouliani">Ammouliani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayval%C4%B1k_Islands_Nature_Park" title="Ayvalık Islands Nature Park">Ayvalık Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk_Ada" title="Büyük Ada">Büyük Ada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chios" title="Chios">Chios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chryse_(island)" title="Chryse (island)">Chryse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cunda_Island" title="Cunda Island">Cunda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fo%C3%A7a_Islands" title="Foça Islands">Foça Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fournoi_Korseon" title="Fournoi Korseon">Fournoi Korseon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Icaria">Icaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imbros" title="Imbros">Imbros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koukonesi" title="Koukonesi">Koukonesi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemnos" title="Lemnos">Lemnos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesbos" title="Lesbos">Lesbos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megalonisi" title="Megalonisi">Megalonisi</a> (Nisiopi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metelik_Island" title="Metelik Island">Metelik Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oinousses" title="Oinousses">Oinousses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasas,_Oinousses" title="Pasas, Oinousses">Pasas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psara" title="Psara">Psara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samiopoula" title="Samiopoula">Samiopoula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samos" title="Samos">Samos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samothrace" title="Samothrace">Samothrace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenedos" title="Tenedos">Tenedos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thasos" title="Thasos">Thasos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thymaina" title="Thymaina">Thymaina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzunada" title="Uzunada">Uzunada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zourafa" title="Zourafa">Zourafa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Saronic_Islands" title="Saronic Islands">Saronic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aegina" title="Aegina">Aegina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Georgios_(island)" title="Agios Georgios (island)">Agios Georgios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agistri" title="Agistri">Agistri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dokos" title="Dokos">Dokos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydra_(island)" title="Hydra (island)">Hydra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poros" title="Poros">Poros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psyttaleia" title="Psyttaleia">Psyttaleia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salamis_Island" title="Salamis Island">Salamis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spetses" title="Spetses">Spetses</a></li></ul> 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