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The modern boundaries of Thrace in Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey The physical–geographical boundaries of Thrace: the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Rhodope Mountains (highlighted) and the Bosporus The Roman province of Thrace c. 200 AD The Byzantine thema of Thrace Map of Ancient Thrace made by Abraham Ortelius in 1585, stating both the names Thrace and Europe Thrace and the Thracian ...
Thracia or Thrace (Ancient Greek: Θρᾴκη, romanized: Thrakē) is the ancient name given to the southeastern Balkan region, the land inhabited by the Thracians. Thrace was ruled by the Odrysian kingdom during the Classical and Hellenistic eras, and briefly by the Greek Diadochi ruler Lysimachus , but became a client state of the late Roman ...
Western Thrace or West Thrace (Greek: [Δυτική] Θράκη, [Dytikí] Thráki), also known as Greek Thrace or Aegean Thrace, is a geographical and historical region of Greece, between the Nestos and Evros rivers in the northeast of the country; East Thrace, which lies east of the river Evros, forms the European part of Turkey, and the area to the north, in Bulgaria, is known as Northern ...
Samothrace (also known as Samothraki; Greek: Σαμοθράκη, [samoˈθraci]) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. It is a municipality within the Evros regional unit of Thrace. The island is 17 km (11 mi) long, 178 km 2 (69 sq mi) in size and has a population of 2,596 (2021 census). [2] Its main industries are fishing and tourism.
The modern boundaries of Thrace in Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey This is a list of cities and towns in Thrace , a geographical region split between Bulgaria , Greece and Turkey . The largest cities of Thrace are: Istanbul (European side), Plovdiv , Burgas , Edirne , and Stara Zagora .
It is the largest city in Greek Thrace and the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, with a population of 71,751, [3] and is an important port and commercial center for northeastern Greece. [4] The city was first settled by the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century and grew into the fishing village Dedeağaç.
In 279 BC, Celtic Gauls advanced into Macedonia, southern Greece and Thrace. They were soon forced out of Macedonia and southern Greece, but they remained in Thrace until the end of the 3rd century BC. From Thrace, three Celtic tribes advanced into Anatolia and established the kingdom of Galatia. [citation needed]
Fixed outline and color differences for some Greek islands in the Ionian Sea and the Aegean Sea that could confuse the readers. 15:20, 17 January 2015: 8,460 × 7,315 (1.82 MB) SilentResident: The Map has been updated to include some missing territories of Greece. 19:43, 16 January 2015: 7,304 × 7,315 (1.74 MB) SilentResident