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Aegean sea

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Image:Aegean Sea map.png thumb|right|The Aegean Sea. The '''Aegean Sea''' is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, located between the Greek peninsula and Anatolia. It is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus.

Etymology
In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean. It was said to have been named after the town of Aegae, or Aegea, a queen of the Amazons who died in the sea, or Aegeus, the father of Theseus, who drowned himself in the sea when he thought his son had died. The Greek language Greek name for the sea is {{Polytonic|Αἰγαῖον Πέλαγος}} (Aigaion Pelagos, Modern Greek language Modern Greek Ejéon Pélaγos) and Ege Denizi in Turkish language Turkish. A possible etymology is a derivation from the dialect word {{Polytonic|αἶγες}} (aiges) "waves" (Hesychius of Alexandria Hesychius; metaphorical use of {{Polytonic|αἴξ}} (aix) "goat"), hence "wavy sea", cf. also {{Polytonic|αἰγιαλός}} (aigialos) "coast".

History
In ancient times the sea was the birthplace of two ancient civilizations - the Minoan civilization Minoans of Crete, and the Mycenaean Greece Mycenean Civilization of the Peloponnese. Later arose the city-states of Athens and Sparta among many others that constituted the Hellenic Civilization. The Aegean Sea was later inhabited by Persian Empire Persians, Roman Republic Romans, the Byzantine Empire, the Venice Venetians, the Seljuk Turks, and the Ottoman Empire. The Aegean was the site of the original democracy democracies, and it allowed for contact between several diverse civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean.

Geography
Image:Aegeansea.jpg thumb|left|Satellite Image The Aegean islands can be simply divided into seven groups: the Thracian Sea group, the East Aegean group, the Northern Sporades, the Cyclades, the Saronic Islands (or Argo-Saronic Islands), the Dodecanese and Crete. The word ''archipelago'' was originally applied specifically to these islands. Many of the Aegean islands, or chains of islands, are actually extensions of the mountains on the mainland. One chain extends across the sea to Chios, another extends across Euboea to Samos Island Samos, and a third extends across the Peloponnese and Crete to Rhodes, dividing the Aegean from the Mediterranean. Many of the islands have safe harbours and bays, but navigation through the sea is generally difficult. Many of the islands are volcano volcanic, and marble and iron are mined on other islands. The larger islands have some fertile valleys and plains. There are two islands of considerable size belonging to Turkey on the Aegean Sea: Bozcaada (Greek language Greek: Τένεδος ''Tenedos'') and Gökçeada (Greek language Greek: ΊμβÏ?ος ''Imvros''). The bays in gulfs counterclockwise includes on Crete, the Mirabelli Gulf Mirabelli, Almyros Bay Almyros, Souda Bay Souda and Gulf of Chania Chania bays or gulfs, on the mainland the Myrtoan Sea to the west, the Saronic Gulf northwestward, the Petalies Gulf which connects with the South Euboic Sea, the Pagasetic Gulf which connects with the North Euboic Sea, the Thermian Gulf northwestward, the Chalkidiki Peninsula including the Cassandra Gulf Cassandra and the Singitic Gulfs, northward the Strymonian Gulf Strymonian Gulf and the Gulf of Kavala and the rest are in Turkey; Saros Gulf, Edremit Gulf, Dikili Gulf, Çandarlı Gulf, Ä°zmir Gulf, KuÅŸadası Gulf, Gökova Gulf, Güllük Gulf.

Port towns
The Aegean Sea has many ports especially on the islands, for ports, see the island chains or its gulfs and bays.

See also
*Aegean civilization *Aegean dispute *List of traditional Greek place names Category:Mediterranean ar:بحر إيجة ast:Mar Exéu bg:ЕгейÑ?ко море ca:Mar Egea cs:Egejské moÅ™e da:Ægæiske Hav de:Ägäis et:Egeuse meri el:Αιγαίο Πέλαγος es:Mar Egeo eo:Egea Maro fr:Mer Égée gl:Mar Exeo ko:ì—?게 í•´ id:Laut Aegea it:Mar Egeo he:×”×™×? ×”×?×’×?×™ la:Mare Aegaeum lt:EgÄ—jo jÅ«ra nl:Egeïsche Zee ja:エーゲ海 no:Egeerhavet pl:Morze Egejskie pt:Mar Egeu ru:ЭгейÑ?кое море sh:Egejsko more sk:Egejské more sl:Egejsko morje sr:ЕгејÑ?ко море fi:Aigeianmeri sv:Egeiska havet tr:Ege Adaları uk:ЕгейÑ?ьке море zh:爱ç?´æµ· see Aegean Sea

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