Morea

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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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Generate an image of Morea (Morea was the medieval name for the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, which served as a significant Byzantine province and later despotate.)

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Morea canonical 86
"Morea" 1
Morea (Peloponnese) under Venetian rule 1

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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 Frankish Crusaders ⓘ
linked to: Franks

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Principality of Achaea ⓘ
laterName Peloponnese ⓘ
locatedIn southern Greece ⓘ
linked to: Southern Greece
locatedOn Peloponnese peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Peloponnese
medievalNameOf Peloponnese ⓘ
modernCountry Greece ⓘ
notableSite Mystras archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Mystras
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
partOfRegion Balkan Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Balkans
politicalStructure appanage of Byzantine imperial family ⓘ
predecessorEntity Theme of Peloponnese ⓘ
linked to: 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 administration ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine law

Western European chroniclers ⓘ

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Referenced by (92)

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

Mehmed II → conquered → Morea ⓘ
siege and fall of Tripolitsa in 1821 → location → Tripolitsa ⓘ
linked to: Morea
Orlov Revolt → hasLocation → Morea ⓘ
Morean War → hasLocation → Morea ⓘ
Sultan Mustafa II → territorialLoss → Morea (to Venice) ⓘ
linked to: Morea
Theodora Tocco → placeOfActivity → Morea ⓘ
subject linked to: Theodora
Old Man of the Morea → hasPart → "Morea" ⓘ
linked to: Morea
Stato da Mar → hasPart → Morea ⓘ
Orlovika → location → Morea ⓘ
Morea campaign → location → Morea ⓘ