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Rodos,
Ródhos, Rhodes - Island of Greece
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| Through the early Christian era Rhodes retained a reputation for the high quality of its literary output. Rhodes remained in the Byzantine Empire until the capture of Constantinople (1204) during the Fourth Crusade. It then passed under local lords, was held by Genoa (1248-50), was annexed (1256) by the emperor of Nicaea, and was conquered (c.1282) by the Knights Hospitalers . The knights defended the island against Ottoman attack until 1522-23, when it was captured by the forces of Sulayman I. The island had prospered under the knights, but it was neglected by the Ottoman Empire. Rhodes, along with the other Dodecanese, was taken by Italy from the Ottomans in 1912 and was ceded by Italy to Greece in 1947. | |
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1. Dependency status: Greek Island 2. Government type: NA 3.
Location:
Southern East Greece, in the Aegean Sea; largest of the Dodecanese,
near Turkey 4. Border Countries: none 5. Climate: temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers 6.
Terrain:
mostly mountains with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas
or chains of islands 7. Area: 131,940 km2 8. Capital: Rhodes (Rodos) 98,181 population (1991) 9. Administrative divisions: none 10. Population: 90,000 (1990) 11. Languages: Greek 99% (official), English, French 12. Religions: Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7% 13. Currency: GRD; EUR 14. Original language tekst: NA 15. Time diference to GMT: |
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