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It could have originated from the Aegean root Asis which means "muddy and silty" as a description of the eastern shores of the Aegean Sea. It could derive from the borrowed Semitic root Asu , which means varyingly "rising" or "light", of course a directional referring to the sunrise, Asia thus meaning 'Eastern Land'.
The Aegean Sea would later come to be under the control, albeit briefly, of the Kingdom of Macedonia. Philip II and his son Alexander the Great 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 Achaemenid Empire. After Alexander ...
Aegean Sea with island groups Extent of the Aegean Sea. This is a list of Aegean Islands, which includes the English, Modern Greek, Ancient Greek, Latin, Medieval Latin, and Italian names for these islands in the Aegean Sea arranged by island group.
Aegean Sea Islands map showing island groups Satellite view of the Aegean Sea and Islands. The Aegean Islands [a] are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits the sea to the south, those of Rhodes, Karpathos and Kasos to the southeast.
Aegean Sea (theme), a naval theme of the Byzantine Empire; Aegean Airlines; Aegean Macedonia, an irredentist term for the Greek region of Macedonia; Aegean Records, independent record label founded by singer and songwriter George Michael; University of the Aegean, a university based in Mytilene, Greece; Ege University, a university based in ...
The Aegean region (Turkish: Ege Bölgesi) is one of the 7 geographical regions of Turkey. The largest city in the region is İzmir . Other big cities are Manisa , Aydın , Denizli , Muğla , Afyonkarahisar and Kütahya .
Map of the Aegean Sea. Icarian Sea is shown at its right. The Icarian Sea (Greek: Ικάριο Πέλαγος, Ikario Pelagos) is a subdivision of the Mediterranean Sea that lies between the Cyclades and Asia Minor. It is described as the part of the Aegean Sea to the south of Chios, to the east of the Eastern Cyclades and west of Anatolia.
Legend says she commanded an army of Amazon women warriors that traveled from Libya to Asia Minor to fight at Troy, [1] and that she perished at sea with her army. [2] Modern Italian has the adjective Egea ("Aegean"), but Classical Latin had none. Modern botanical Latin sometimes uses the specific epithet aegea to mean "of the Aegean".