Aegean islands

E38024

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.

All labels observed (12)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
geographical region
borderedBy Anatolian (Turkish) mainland
linked to: Anatolia

Greek mainland
climate Mediterranean climate
contains Chios
Ikaria
Imbros (Gökçeada)
linked to: Gökçeada

Kos
Lesbos
Limnos
linked to: Lemnos

Mykonos
Naxos
Paros
Rhodes
Samos
Samothrace
Santorini
Skiathos
Skopelos
Tenedos (Bozcaada)
Thasos
country Greece
Turkey
hasSubregion Crete
Cyclades
linked to: Aegean islands

Dodecanese
East Aegean islands
linked to: Aegean islands

Euboea
Northeastern Aegean islands
linked to: Aegean islands

Northern Sporades
Saronic Islands
historicalRegionOf Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (82)

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

Ionic Greek geographicDistribution Aegean islands
Aegean Sea locatedIn Aegean region
linked to: Aegean islands
Aegean Sea hasPart Cyclades
linked to: Aegean islands
Aegean Sea hasPart North Aegean islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Aegean Sea hasPart Sporades
linked to: Aegean islands
Aegean Sea hasPart Saronic Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Mediterranean Basin hasMajorSubregion Aegean region
linked to: Aegean islands
Hellenic Trench region Aegean region
linked to: Aegean islands
Bronze Age occursIn Aegean region
linked to: Aegean islands
Greek War of Independence hasLocation Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Euboea partOf Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite birthPlace Cyclades
linked to: Aegean islands
Mehmed II conquered Aegean islands
Delos locatedIn Cyclades
linked to: Aegean islands
Samos partOf Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Aegina partOf Saronic Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Mycenaean Greek usedInRegion Aegean islands
Palaiologos dynasty ruledTerritory Aegean islands
Aegean islands hasSubregion Northeastern Aegean islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Aegean islands hasSubregion Cyclades
linked to: Aegean islands
Aegean islands hasSubregion East Aegean islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Aegean Bronze Age hasCenter Cyclades
linked to: Aegean islands
Venus de Milo locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Cyclades
linked to: Aegean islands
Archaic Greece location Aegean islands
Treaty of London (1913) determinedStatusOf Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Amorgos locatedIn Cyclades
linked to: Aegean islands
Amorgos belongsToArchipelago Cyclades
linked to: Aegean islands
Amorgos hasCulturalRegion Cyclades
linked to: Aegean islands
Kea locatedIn Cyclades
linked to: Aegean islands
Chios partOf Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
First Hellenic Republic hasTerritory Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Mytilene partOf Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Thasos partOf Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Lemnos partOf Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Byzantine Iconoclasm location Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Syros partOf Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Ikaria partOf Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Greek Seas borders North Aegean islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Dorians region Aegean islands
Ionian Greek spokenIn Aegean islands
Archangelos (Rhodes) locatedInRegion Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Filiki Eteria operatedIn Aegean islands
Theophrastus birthPlace Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Acropolis of Rhodes region Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Afantou locatedInCountryRegion Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
North Aegean region partOf Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands
Mount Lepetymnos partOf Aegean Islands
linked to: Aegean islands