Strongyle

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Strongyle is the ancient name for the volcanic Aegean island now known as Thera or Santorini, famous for its dramatic caldera and Bronze Age Minoan settlement at Akrotiri.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient place name
island
associatedWith Aegean prehistory NERFINISHED
Late Bronze Age collapse debates
Minoan eruption tsunami hypotheses
country Greece
eruptionKnownAs Minoan eruption NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalSite Akrotiri archaeological site NERFINISHED
hasBay Santorini caldera bay NERFINISHED
hasCliffHeight over 300 meters in places
hasCulturalHeritageStatus major archaeological heritage site at Akrotiri
hasCulture Minoan civilization NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivity ancient maritime trade
hasFeature caldera
crescent-shaped island
steep cliffs
volcanic island
hasGeologicalType caldera volcano
stratovolcano
hasLanguage ancient Greek toponymy
hasModernEquivalent Santorini regional unit NERFINISHED
hasNearbyIsland Aspronisi NERFINISHED
Nea Kameni NERFINISHED
Palea Kameni NERFINISHED
Therasia NERFINISHED
hasPrimaryRockType andesite
dacite
rhyodacite
hasSettlement Akrotiri NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Bronze Age NERFINISHED
inAncientSource Roman geographers
classical Greek authors
knownFor Bronze Age settlement at Akrotiri
dramatic caldera
major volcanic eruption in the 2nd millennium BCE
locatedIn Aegean Sea
Cyclades NERFINISHED
Greece
modernName Santorini NERFINISHED
Thera NERFINISHED
nameEtymology Greek for "round" or "circular"
partOf Santorini volcanic complex NERFINISHED
South Aegean volcanic arc NERFINISHED
tectonicSetting subduction zone between African Plate and Aegean microplate
usedBy ancient Greeks
volcanicArc Hellenic Arc NERFINISHED

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Thera alsoKnownAs Strongyle