Aegean islands

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archipelago geographical region

The Aegean islands are a large group of Greek and Turkish islands scattered across the Aegean Sea, known for their ancient history, distinctive local cultures, and significant role in the development of Greek civilization.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Aegean Islands 12
Cyclades 10
Aegean region 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
borderedBy Anatolia ⓘ
surface form: Anatolian (Turkish) mainland

Greek mainland ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
contains Chios ⓘ
Ikaria ⓘ
Gökçeada ⓘ
surface form: Imbros (Gökçeada)

Kos ⓘ
Lesbos ⓘ
Lemnos ⓘ
surface form: Limnos

Mykonos ⓘ
Naxos ⓘ
Paros ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
Samos ⓘ
Samothrace ⓘ
Santorini ⓘ
Skiathos ⓘ
Skopelos ⓘ
Tenedos (Bozcaada) ⓘ
Thasos ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
hasSubregion Crete ⓘ
Aegean islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cyclades

Dodecanese ⓘ
Aegean islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: East Aegean islands

Euboea ⓘ
Aegean islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Aegean islands

Northern Sporades ⓘ
Saronic Islands ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
knownFor ancient history ⓘ
archaeological sites ⓘ
distinctive local cultures ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
traditional architecture ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
largestIsland Crete ⓘ
locatedIn Aegean Sea ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
partOf Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
playedRoleIn development of Greek civilization ⓘ
sea Aegean Sea ⓘ
secondLargestIsland Euboea ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amorgos → belongsToArchipelago → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyclades
St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite → birthPlace → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyclades
Greek Seas → borders → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Aegean islands
Mehmed II → conquered → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean Islands
Ionic Greek → geographicDistribution → Aegean islands ⓘ
Aegean Bronze Age → hasCenter → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyclades
Amorgos → hasCulturalRegion → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyclades
Greek War of Independence → hasLocation → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean Islands
Mediterranean Basin → hasMajorSubregion → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean region
Aegean Sea → hasPart → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyclades
Aegean Sea → hasPart → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Aegean islands
Aegean Sea → hasPart → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sporades
Aegean Sea → hasPart → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saronic Islands
Aegean islands → hasSubregion → Aegean islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Aegean islands
Aegean islands → hasSubregion → Aegean islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyclades
Aegean islands → hasSubregion → Aegean islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Aegean islands
First Hellenic Republic → hasTerritory → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean Islands
Aegean Sea → locatedIn → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean region
Amorgos → locatedIn → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyclades
Delos → locatedIn → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyclades
Kea → locatedIn → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyclades
this entity surface form: Cyclades
Archaic Greece → location → Aegean islands ⓘ
Byzantine Iconoclasm → location → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean Islands
Bronze Age → occursIn → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean region
Aegina → partOf → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saronic Islands
Chios → partOf → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean Islands
Euboea → partOf → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean Islands
Ikaria → partOf → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean Islands
Lemnos → partOf → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean Islands
Mytilene → partOf → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean Islands
Samos → partOf → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean Islands
Syros → partOf → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean Islands
Thasos → partOf → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean Islands
Hellenic Trench → region → Aegean islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean region
Palaiologos dynasty → ruledTerritory → Aegean islands ⓘ
Mycenaean Greek → usedInRegion → Aegean islands ⓘ