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Ancient Sparta was built on the banks of the Eurotas, the largest river of Laconia, which provided it with a source of fresh water. The Eurotas valley was a natural fortress, bounded to the west by Mt. Taygetus (2,407 m) and to the east by Mt. Parnon (1,935 m).
Alex SakalisThis is the latest edition of our series on underrated destinations, It’s Still a Big World.Few foreigners realize that Sparta still exists.The ancient city-state, which walked the ...
Eurotas River. According to myth, the first king of the region later to be called Laconia, but then called Lelegia was the eponymous King Lelex.He was followed, according to tradition, by a series of kings allegorizing several traits of later-to-be Sparta and Laconia, such as the Kings Myles, Eurotas, Lacedaemon and Amyclas of Sparta.
Shantou, alternately romanized as Swatow [3] [4] and sometimes known as Santow, [5] is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 2020 census (5,391,028 in 2010) and an administrative area of 2,248.39 square kilometres (868.11 sq mi).
The Ancient City covers 0.014 square kilometers, and is the only well-preserved city in China, dating from the Qing Dynasty. In 1939, during World War II, Japanese armies occupied the area. In the Chinese Civil War, Dahao Ancient City was a stronghold of Communist Party forces. After 1950, Dahao Ancient City was rebuilt and became a tourist ...
For most of its history, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta in the Peloponnese was ruled by kings. Sparta was unusual among the Greek city-states in that it maintained its kingship past the Archaic age. It was even more unusual in that it had two kings simultaneously, who were called the archagetai, [1] [n 1] coming from two separate lines.
Shantou University, or STU, is located in the Sangpu Mountain area of Shantou City. It is jointly established by the Chinese Ministry of Education, the People's Government of Guangdong Province and the Li Ka Shing Foundation. The campus covers a total area of 1,889.28 mu and a total built area of 566,000 square meters.
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