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Akra (Ancient Greek: Ἄκρα) was an ancient Greek city at the Cimmerian Bosporus.The city is now underwater at the Kerch Strait, near the Naberezhne village in Crimea. [1] [2] It was flooded as a result of the transgression of the Black Sea and is now almost entirely immersed in the sea, with the exception of a small section at the Yanysh lake.
After the colonization of the shores of the Black Sea, known until then to the Greek world as Pontos Axeinos (Inhospitable Sea), the name changed to Pontos Euxeinos (Hospitable Sea). In time, as the numbers of Greeks settling in the region grew significantly, more colonies were established along the whole Black Sea coastline of what is now ...
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. The Black Sea is supplied by major rivers, principally the Danube, Dnieper and Dniester.
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Sphendone (σφενδόνη) was a fastening for the hair used by the Greek women. [100] Tainia was a headband, ribbon, or fillet. Kekryphalos (κεκρύφαλος) was a Hairnet [101] and Sakkos (σάκκος) a hair sack/cap used by the Greek women. [101] Diadema (διάδημα), a fillet which was the emblem of sovereignty. [102]
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Greek city-states first established colonies along the Black Sea coast of Crimea in the 7th or 6th century BC. [1] Several colonies were established in the vicinity of the Kerch Strait, then known as the Cimmerian Bosporus. The density of colonies around the Cimmerian Bosporus was unusual for Greek colonization and reflected the importance of ...