Morea

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Byzantine despotate Byzantine province historical region medieval name

Morea was the medieval name for the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, which served as a significant Byzantine province and later despotate.

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Surface form Occurrences
Tripolitsa 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine despotate ⓘ
Byzantine province ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
medieval name ⓘ
alternativeName Despotate of the Morea ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Palaiologos dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Demetrios Palaiologos ⓘ
Thomas Palaiologos ⓘ
bordersSea Aegean Sea ⓘ
Ionian Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
capital Mystras ⓘ
conflictSite Byzantine–Ottoman wars ⓘ
containsCity Corinth ⓘ
Mystras ⓘ
Patras ⓘ
culturalHeritage Byzantine churches and monasteries ⓘ
etymologyHypothesis derived from Greek word for mulberry (morea) ⓘ
governedByTitle Despot of the Morea ⓘ
historicalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
incorporatedIntoOttomanEmpire 15th century ⓘ
languageOfName Medieval Greek ⓘ
laterControlledBy Franks ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Crusaders

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Principality of Achaea ⓘ
laterName Peloponnese ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Greece ⓘ
surface form: southern Greece
locatedOn Peloponnese ⓘ
surface form: Peloponnese peninsula
medievalNameOf Peloponnese ⓘ
modernCountry Greece ⓘ
notableSite Mystras ⓘ
surface form: Mystras archaeological site
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
partOfRegion Balkans ⓘ
surface form: Balkan Peninsula
politicalStructure appanage of Byzantine imperial family ⓘ
predecessorEntity Peloponnese ⓘ
surface form: Theme of Peloponnese
regionType peninsula ⓘ
religionDominant Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
significance center of late Byzantine culture ⓘ
major Byzantine stronghold in southern Greece ⓘ
siteOf Morean War ⓘ
statusIn15thCentury last major Byzantine territory outside Constantinople ⓘ
strategicImportance control of routes between western and eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
usedAsNameFromCentury 13th century ⓘ
usedAsNameUntilCentury 19th century ⓘ
usedBy Byzantine law ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine administration

Western European chroniclers ⓘ

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Mehmed II → conquered → Morea ⓘ
Orlov Revolt → hasLocation → Morea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tripolitsa