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Amykles (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 01 58 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.0333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 022 25 58 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.4333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site of ancient settlement, located near a hill 5 km S of Sparta; prehistoric Bronze Age settlement was confined to the hill, though the early historical site probably extended to the modern village of the same name; the ancient city reached its zenith in 7th-6th cen. BCE, as did Sparta. |
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| Amykles (preferred,C,V)
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| Amyklae (C,V)
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| Amyklai (H,V)
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| Amyclae (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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| Amikles (H,V)
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| Αμύκλες (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Ἀμύκλαι (C,V,Greek,U)
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Lakonía (regional division) (P) |
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Amykles (deserted settlement) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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was Bronze Age settlement, modern village is on edge of ancient site |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| Bronze Age (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| distinguished from .... |
Amykles .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Ellás, Pelopónnisos region, Lakonía regional division) [7593178] |
| near/adjacent to .... |
Amykles .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Ellás, Pelopónnisos region, Lakonía regional division) [7593178] |
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