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  2. Achaeans (tribe) - Wikipedia

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    The Achaeans (/ ə ˈ k iː ə n z /; Greek: Ἀχαιοί, romanized: Akhaioí) were one of the four major tribes into which Herodotus divided the Greeks, along with the Aeolians, Ionians and Dorians. They inhabited the region of Achaea in the northern Peloponnese, and played an active role in the colonization of Italy, founding the city of ...

  3. Achaeans (Homer) - Wikipedia

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    The contrasting belief that "Achaeans", as understood through Homer, is "a name without a country", an ethnos created in the Epic tradition, [10] has modern supporters among those who conclude that "Achaeans" were redefined in the 5th century BC, as contemporary speakers of Aeolic Greek.

  4. Achaeans - Wikipedia

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    Achaeans are the inhabitants of Achaea in Greece. However, the meaning of Achaea changed during the course of Ancient history, and thus Achaeans may refer to: Achaeans (Homer), a name used by Homer in the Iliad for Mycenaean-era Greeks in general. Achaeans (tribe), one of the major tribes of Greece according to the Hesiodic foundation myth

  5. Sybaris - Wikipedia

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    Sybaris (Ancient Greek: Σύβαρις; Italian: Sibari) was an important ancient Greek city situated on the coast of the Gulf of Taranto in modern Calabria, Italy.. The city was founded around 720 BC by Achaean and Troezenian settlers and the Achaeans also went on to found the nearby great city of Kroton 10 years later.

  6. Principality of Achaea - Wikipedia

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    Indeed, the knights of Achaea enjoyed a considerable reputation both in the Levant and in Western Europe. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] With the Byzantine recovery of the region around Mystras after 1261, however, the rapid extinction of the original families and the expansion of Achaean influence across Frankish Greece , the initial organization of the ...

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    Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...

  8. 50 Times People Took Photos So Mesmerizing, They Had To ... - AOL

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    Our world is a pretty special place, full of breathtaking sights, awesome people, vibrant plants, and majestic wildlife. However, we tend to take it for granted, forgetting how incredible it is.

  9. Achaea (ancient region) - Wikipedia

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    Consequently, the Achaeans forced the Aegialians (now known as the Ionians) out of their land. [3] The Ionians took temporary refuge in Athens, and Aegialus became known as Achaea. [4] [5] It was supposedly for this reason that the region known as Achaea in Classical Greece did not correspond to Homeric references.