Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea is an eastern Mediterranean sea between Greece and Turkey, dotted with Greek islands and connected to the Mediterranean through the Sea of Crete.

Cyclades: A Greek island group in the central Aegean, arranged broadly around the sacred island of Delos. These islands form the Aegean’s central archipelago.
Aegean Sea trade: The exchange of goods by sea among communities bordering the Aegean and neighboring regions. Island routes linked coastal settlements and wider trading networks.
Aegean Sea plate: A tectonic microplate beneath the Aegean region, moving southwest relative to Eurasia. Its motion contributes to the region’s earthquakes and volcanic activity.
Ionian Sea: A sea in the Mediterranean between southern Italy, Albania, and western Greece. It lies west of Greece, unlike the Aegean east of the mainland.
Dodecanese: A group of Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean, near the coast of Turkey. The group marks the sea’s southeastern island frontier.
Greek colonization: The establishment of Greek settlements beyond mainland Greece, especially around the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Aegean seafaring helped Greek communities reach distant shores.
Hellenic Arc: A curved tectonic and volcanic zone south of Greece, formed where the African Plate subducts beneath the Aegean region. The arc records the plate interactions shaping the sea’s southern margin.
Sea of Marmara: An inland sea in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Black Sea through two straits. It is a separate basin beyond the Aegean’s northeastern outlet.
North Aegean Islands: A group of Greek islands in the northern and northeastern Aegean Sea. They occupy the sea’s northern reaches.
Battle of Salamis: A naval battle in 480 BCE in which a Greek fleet defeated the Persian fleet near the island of Salamis. The battle demonstrated how Aegean waters could shape a decisive naval campaign.

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