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Thásos (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 024 40 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 24.6667 decimal degrees |
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Note: There were Neolithic & Early Bronze Age settlements here; was occupied by Tracian tribe, Sintes, before Greeks arrived; was famous in Antiquity for its gold mines; fortified by Greeks from 7th cen. BCE; ruled by Crusaders 1204 CE, then Turks. |
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| Thásos (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Thasos (C,V)
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............ | named for Phoenician leader who oversaw early mining on the island |
| Thásos island (C,O,display)
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| Thásos, Nísos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Nísos Thásos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Thassos Island (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Odonis (H,V)
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............ | name used by the Thracian Sintes |
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Kaválla (regional division) (P) |
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Thásos (island) (P) |
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| island (preferred, C) |
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had Neolithic settlements |
| Neolithic (H) |
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| Bronze Age (H) |
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