Gymnesian Islands, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 16 relations: Ancient Greece, Archipelago, Balearic Islands, Balearic slinger, Diodorus Siculus, Formentera, Hoplite, Ibiza, Latin, Mallorca, Menorca, Phoenicia, Pityusic Islands, Roman Empire, Strabo, Talaiotic culture.

2. Islands of the Balearic Islands

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.

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Archipelago

An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.

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Balearic Islands

The Balearic Islands (Illes Balears; Islas Baleares or) are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Balearic slinger

The Balearic slingers, indigenous to the Balearic Islands, were warriors from ancient times famed for their mastery in the art of using the sling.

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Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (Diódōros; 1st century BC) was an ancient Greek historian.

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Formentera

Formentera is a Spanish island located in the Mediterranean Sea, which belongs to the Balearic Islands autonomous community (Spain) together with Mallorca, Menorca, and Ibiza. Gymnesian Islands and Formentera are islands of the Balearic Islands.

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Hoplite

Hoplites (hoplîtai) were citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed with spears and shields.

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Ibiza

Ibiza (Eivissa,; see below) is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Gymnesian Islands and Ibiza are islands of the Balearic Islands.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Mallorca

Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Gymnesian Islands and Mallorca are islands of the Balearic Islands.

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Menorca

Menorca or Minorca (from smaller island, later Minorica) is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain. Gymnesian Islands and Menorca are islands of the Balearic Islands.

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Phoenicia

Phoenicia, or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon.

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Pityusic Islands

The Pityusic Islands, often referenced simply as the Pityuses (Pitiüses, Pitiusas; from the Greek πιτύα pitýa, pine tree), or commonly but informally (and ambiguously) as the Pine Islands, is the name given collectively to the Balearic Islands of Ibiza (Catalan: Eivissa), Formentera, S'Espalmador and other small islets in the Mediterranean Sea. Gymnesian Islands and Pityusic Islands are Balearic Islands geography stubs and islands of the Balearic Islands.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Strabo

StraboStrabo (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed.

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Talaiotic culture

The Talaiotic Culture or Talaiotic Period is the name used to describe the society that existed on the Gymnesian Islands (the easternmost Balearic Islands) during the Iron Age.

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See also

Islands of the Balearic Islands

• Cabrera, Balearic Islands
• Dragonera
• Formentera
• Gymnesian Islands
• Ibiza
• Mallorca
• Menorca
• Pityusic Islands
• S'Espalmador

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnesian_Islands

Also known as Gymnesic Islands.