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  2. History of Kyrenia - Wikipedia

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    They also fortified the Byzantine castles of Saint Hilarion, Bouffavento and Kantara, which, together with Kyrenia Castle, protected the town from land and sea attacks. Kyrenia castle played a pivotal role in the island's history during the many disputes among the Frankish kings, as well as the conflicts with the Genoese. On numerous occasions ...

  3. Kyrenia - Wikipedia

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    The earliest document which mention Kyrenia is the 'Periplus of Pseudo Skylax'. It dates to the thirteenth century but is based on fourth-century BC knowledge. The manuscript names numerous towns along the Mediterranean coast and mentions Kyrenia as a harbour town: 'Opposite Cilicia is the island of Cyprus, and these are its city-states (poleis): Salamis, which is Greek and has a closed winter ...

  4. Category:Kyrenia - Wikipedia

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    History of Kyrenia; Kyrenia Castle Escape; S. Students Circle Network; U. University of Kyrenia This page was last edited on 29 March 2018, at 16:31 (UTC). Text ...

  5. Decades after the famed Kyrenia shipwreck’s discovery ... - AOL

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    The timeline of a Hellenistic Kyrenia shipwreck stumped researchers for decades. But thanks to a cache of ancient almonds, a new study may have a better estimate.

  6. Territorial evolution of California - Wikipedia

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    Before 1768: An enlargeable territorial map of California tribal groups and languages prior to European contact within the modern day borders. Before 1768: An enlargeable map of the world showing the dividing lines for; Pope Alexander VI's Inter caetera papal bull (1493), the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), and the Treaty of Saragossa (1529).

  7. History of California - Wikipedia

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    The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...

  8. Kyrenia (ship) - Wikipedia

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    Kyrenia is a 4th-century BC ancient Greek merchant ship that sank c. 294 BC. Kyrenia ' s wreck was discovered by Greek-Cypriot diving instructor Andreas Cariolou in November 1965 during a storm. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Having lost the exact position, Cariolou carried out more than 200 dives until he re-discovered the wreck in 1967 close to Kyrenia ...

  9. What is the true history of the California roll? The sushi ...

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    So, for him, California rolls, a fusion food, fit snugly into his menus. “At most of my Morimoto restaurants, we serve a California roll made with snow crab, cucumber, and avocado,” Morimoto says.