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The
Aegean Sea
is part of the
Mediterranean Sea
. It is between
Greece
and
Anatolia
. It is connected (attached) in the north to the
Sea of Marmara
and the
Black Sea
by the
Dardanelles
and
Bosporus
. The islands of
Rhodes
,
Karpathos
and
Crete
mark the south end.
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In ancient times two groups of people lived near the sea ? the
Minoans
of
Crete
, and the
Myceneans
of the
Peloponnese
. The
city-states
of
Athens
and
Sparta
came later and were part of
Ancient Greece
.
Persians
,
Romans
, the
Byzantine Empire
, the Venetians (people from
Venice
), the
Seljuk Empire
, and the
Ottoman Empire
later started around the Aegean Sea. The people near the Aegean were very advanced (powerful and clever) in
Ancient history
and they sailed across it to talk to each other.
There are seven groups of Aegean
islands
: the Thracian Sea group, the East Aegean group, the Northern Sporades, the
Cyclades
, the Saronic Islands (or Argo-Saronic Islands), the Dodecanese and Crete. The word
archipelago
used to mean these islands. Many of the Aegean islands, or chains of islands, are part of the mountain ranges on the
mainland
. One chain goes across the sea to
Chios
, another one goes across
Euboea
to
Samos
, and a third one goes across the
Peloponnese
and
Crete
to
Rhodes
. This one divides (splits, cuts) the Aegean from the Mediterranean. Many of the islands have safe harbours and bays, but sailing in the sea is difficult. Many of the islands are
volcanos
, and marble and iron are mined on other islands. The bigger islands have some green valleys and plains. Two big islands on the Aegean Sea are part of
Turkey
:
Bozcaada
(
Greek
:
Τ?νεδο? Tenedos
) and
Gokceada
(
?μβρο? Imvros
).
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The Greek name for the sea is
Α?γα?ον Π?λαγο?
(Aigaion Pelagos, Modern Greek:
Αιγα?ο Π?λαγο?
(Aigaio Pelagos). The Turkish name is Ege Denizi. Some people think that the name came from the
dialect
word α?γε? (aiges) "waves". Perhaps it was named after the town of Aegae, or Aegea, a
queen
of the
Amazons
who died in the sea. Maybe it was named after
Aegeus
, the father of
Theseus
.
Legends
say that Aegeus killed himself in the sea when he thought his son was dead.
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