League of the Islanders

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The League of the Islanders was a Hellenistic-era confederation of Aegean island city-states that played a key role in the power politics between the major successor kingdoms after Alexander the Great.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aegean island league
Hellenistic-era political confederation
ancient Greek koinon
capital Tenos NERFINISHED
composedOf Aegean island city-states
createdBy Antigonus I Monophthalmus NERFINISHED
Demetrius I Poliorcetes NERFINISHED
currencyType local city coinages
dissolvedBy loss of interest and control by Hellenistic monarchies
establishedInPeriod early Hellenistic period
formedAfter death of Alexander the Great
governedBy federal assembly of member cities
federal officials
hadInstitution common council (synedrion) NERFINISHED
common festivals
federal magistrates
hasMember Amorgos NERFINISHED
Andros NERFINISHED
Cycladic islands NERFINISHED
Delos NERFINISHED
Imbros NERFINISHED
Ios NERFINISHED
Kythnos NERFINISHED
Lemnos NERFINISHED
Melos NERFINISHED
Naxos NERFINISHED
Paros NERFINISHED
Seriphos NERFINISHED
Siphnos NERFINISHED
Skyros NERFINISHED
Syros NERFINISHED
Tenos NERFINISHED
Thera NERFINISHED
heldFestivalAt Delos NERFINISHED
historicalEra Hellenistic period NERFINISHED
language Ancient Greek
locatedIn Aegean Sea
mainFunction coordination of defense and foreign policy of member islands
patronDeity Apollo NERFINISHED
playedRoleIn control of the Aegean Sea
power politics of the Diadochi
struggle between Antigonids and Ptolemies
politicalSystem federal league of poleis
religiousCenter Delos NERFINISHED
underHegemonyOf Antigonid dynasty NERFINISHED
Macedon NERFINISHED
Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED
usedAsInstrumentBy Antigonid dynasty NERFINISHED
Macedonian kings
Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED

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Ptolemy II Philadelphus supported League of the Islanders