Illes Balears
Balearic Islands

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Capital	Palma de Mallorca
Official languages	Catalan and Spanish
Area  – Total  – % of Spain	Ranked 17th  4,992 km²  1.0%
Population  – Total (2006)  – % of Spain  – Density	Ranked 14th  1,001,062  2.2%  196.94/km²
Demonym  – English  – Spanish  – Catalan	Balearic  balear  balear
Statute of Autonomy	March 2, 2007
Parliamentary representation  – Congress seats  – Senate seats	8  6 (5 elected and 1 appointed)
President	Francesc Antich Oliver (PSIB-PSOE)
ISO 3166-2	IB
Govern de les Illes Balears

The Balearic Islands (Catalan and official:^[1] Illes Balears; Spanish: Islas Baleares) are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. They form an autonomous community and a province of Spain, of which the capital city is Palma de Mallorca. The co-official languages in the Balearic Islands are Spanish and Catalan (i.e. mallorquí, menorquí and eivissenc, as Catalan is known by its speakers in this territory). Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Balearic_Islands. ... Image File history File links Escudo_de_las_Islas_Baleares. ... Image File history File links Localització_de_les_Illes_Balears. ... Not to be confused with capitol. ... Location Coordinates : Time zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer : CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Palma (Catalán) Spanish name Palma de Mallorca Nickname Ciutat Postal code 070XX Area code 34 (Spain) + 971 (Balearic Islands) Website http://www. ... An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia, and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Here is a list of the autonomous communities of Spain in order of area. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... For other uses, see Density (disambiguation). ... Here is a list of the autonomous communities and autonomous cities of Spain in order of population (2005). ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia, and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The Cortes Generales (Spanish for General Courts) is the legislature of Spain. ... Type Lower house Houses Congreso de los Diputados President Manuel Marín González, PSOE since 2004 Members 350 Political groups PSOE, PP, CiU, ERC, PNV, IU, Mixto Last elections 2004 Meeting place El Palacio del Congreso de los Diputados, Carrera de San Jerónimo, Madrid Web site www. ... Type Upper house Houses Senate President Francisco Javier Rojo García, PSOE PSE-EE since 2004 Members 259 Political groups PP, PSOE, ECP, PNV, CiU, CC, Mixto Last elections 2004 Meeting place Palacio del Senado, Plaza de la Marina Española, Madrid Web site www. ... During the democracy Jeroni Albertí Picornell 1979-1982 Francesc Tutzó Bennàsser 1982-1983 After the approval of the Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands (1983): Gabriel Cañellas Fons 1983-1995 Cristòfol Soler Cladera 1995-1996 Jaume Matas Palou 1996-1999 Francesc Antich Oliver 1999-2003 Jaume... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This is a list of ISO 3166-2 codes for Spain. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia, and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... The Mergui Archipelago The Archipelago Sea, situated between the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland, the largest archipelago in the world by the number of islands. ... Mediterranean redirects here. ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. ... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... In addition to its autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ... Location Coordinates : Time zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer : CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Palma (Catalán) Spanish name Palma de Mallorca Nickname Ciutat Postal code 070XX Area code 34 (Spain) + 971 (Balearic Islands) Website http://www. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia, and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ...

Etymology

The Balearic islands /ˈbeɪ̯lɪˌæɹɪk ˈaɪ̯ləndz/ have many names, in many languages. (Catalan: "Illes Balears" /ˈiʎəz bəɫeˈaː(r)s/, Spanish: "Islas Baleares", /ˈis·las·ba·leˈaː·res/, Greek: Gymnesiae – Γυμνησίαι, Βαλλιαρεῖς, Diod. v. 17, Eustath. ad Dion. 457; Βαλιαρεῖς, Βαλιαρίδες, Steph. B.; Βαλεαρίδες, Strabo; Βαλλιαρίδες, Ptol. ii. 6. § 78; Βαλεαρίαι, Agathem., Latin: Baleares) Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia, and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... Diodorus Siculus was a Greek historian, born at Agyrium in Sicily (now called Agira, in the province of Enna). ... Stephanus Byzantinus (Stephanus of Byzantium), the author of a geographical dictionary entitled Εθνικα (Ethnica), of which, apart from some fragments, we possess only the meagre epitome of one Hermolaus. ... The Greek geographer Strabo in a 16th century engraving. ... This article is about the geographer, mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy. ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

There are various theories on the origins of the two ancient Greek and Latin names for the islands – Gymnasiae and Baleares. Two survive in classical sources.

According to one account, the islands were called Gymnesiae (gymnos means naked in Greek) because its inhabitants were often nude.^{[citation needed]}

The Greek and Roman writers generally derive the name of the people from their skill as slingers (baleareis, βαλεαρεῖς, from ballo, βάλλω), although Strabo considered the name to be of Phoenician origin. He observed that it was the Phoenician equivalent for the Greek word for lightly-armoured soldiers (γυμνῆτας)^[2] The Greek geographer Strabo in a 16th century engraving. ...

The root bal does point to a Phoenician origin; perhaps the islands were sacred to the god Baal; and the accidental resemblance to the Greek root ΒΑΛ (in βάλλω), coupled with the occupation of the people, would be quite a sufficient foundation for the usual Greek practice of assimilating the name to their own language. That it was not, however, Greek at first, may be inferred with great probability from the fact that the common Greek name of the islands is not βαλεαρεῖς, but Γυμνησίαι, the former being the name used by the natives, as well as by the Carthaginians and Romans. (Plin.; Agathem.; Dion Cass. ap. Tzetz. ad Lycophr. 533; Eustath.) The latter name, of which two fancied etymologies have been already referred to, is probably derived from the light equipment of the Balearic troops (γυμνῆτας).^[2] For other uses, see Baal (disambiguation). ...

History of the archipelago

Majorca Kings Palace at Perpignan

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Ancient history

There is little history on the earliest inhabitants of the islands, though many legends exist. The story, preserved by Lycophron, that certain shipwrecked Boeotians were cast nude on the islands, was evidently invented to account for the name Gymnesiae. There is also a tradition that the islands were colonized from Rhodes after the Trojan war.^[2] Lycophron was a Greek poet and grammarian. ... Boeotia or Beotia (//, (Greek Βοιωτια; see also list of traditional Greek place names) was the central area of ancient Greece. ... This article is about the Greek island of Rhodes. ... The fall of Troy, by Johann Georg Trautmann (1713–1769). ...

The islands had a very mixed population, of whose habits several strange stories are told. In some stories, it is said that the people went naked or were clothed only in sheep-skins — whence the name of the islands (an instance of folk etymology) — until the Phoenicians clothed them with broad-bordered tunics. In other stories they were naked only in the heat of summer. Folk etymology is a term used in two distinct ways: A commonly held misunderstanding of the origin of a particular word, a false etymology. ... Phoenicia was an ancient civilization in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal plain of what is now Lebanon and Syria. ...

Other legends hold that the inhabitants lived in hollow rocks and artificial caves, that they were remarkable for their love of women would give three or four men as the ransom for one woman, that they had no gold or silver coin, and forbade the importation of the precious metals, so that those of them who served as mercenaries took their pay in wine and women instead of money. Their marriage and funeral customs, peculiar to Roman observers, are related by Diodorus (v. 18).

Map of the Balearic Islands

In ancient times, the islanders of the Gymnesian Islands constructed talayots, and were famous for their skill with the sling. As slingers they served, as mercenaries, first under the Carthaginians, and afterwards under the Romans. They went into battle ungirt, with only a small buckler, and a javelin burnt at the end, and in some cases tipped with a small iron point; but their effective weapons were their slings, of which each man carried three, wound round his head (Strabo p. 168; Eustath.), or, as others tell us, one round the head, one round the body, and one in the hand. (Diodorus) The three slings were of different lengths, for stones of different sizes; the largest they hurled with as much force as if it were flung from a catapult; and they seldom missed their mark. To this exercise they were trained from infancy, in order to earn their livelihood as mercenary soldiers. It is said that the mothers only allowed their children to eat bread when they had struck it off a post with the sling. (Strabo; Diod.; Flor. iii. 8; Tzetz. ad Lycophr.) Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1013x636, 292 KB) Mapa de las islas Baleares. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1013x636, 292 KB) Mapa de las islas Baleares. ... The talayots are Bronze Age stone towers on the islands of Minorca and Majorca. ... Home-made sling. ... This article is about the ancient city-state of Carthage in North Africa. ... Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ...

The Phoenicians took possession of the islands in very early times (Strabo iii. pp. 167, 168); a remarkable trace of their colonization is preserved in the town of Mago (Mahon in Minorca). After the fall of Carthage, the islands seem to have been virtually independent. Notwithstanding their celebrity in war, the people were generally very quiet and inoffensive. (Strabo; but Florus gives them a worse character, iii. 8.) The Romans, however, easily found a pretext for charging them with complicity with the Mediterranean pirates, and they were conquered by Q. Caecilius Metellus, thence surnamed Balearicus, in 123 BC. (Livy Epit. Ix.; Freinsh. Supp. lx. 37; Florus, Strabo ll. cc.) Metellus settled 3,000 Roman and Spanish colonists on the larger island, and founded the cities of Palma and Pollentia. (Strabo, Mela, Pliny the Elder) The islands belonged, under the Roman Empire, to the conventus of Carthago Nova (modern Cartagena), in the province of Hispania Tarraconensis, of which province they formed, the fourth district, under the government of a praefectus pro legato. An inscription of the time of Nero mentions the PRAEF. PRAE LEGATO INSULAR. BALIARUM. (Orelli, No. 732, who, with Muratori, reads pro for prae.) They were afterwards made a separate province, probably in the division of the empire under Constantine. (Notitia Dignitatum Occid. c. xx. vol. ii. p. 466, Böcking.) Municipality of Mahón Mahón (alternately, Maó; Catalan it is also the official name, Spanish Mahón), is a municipality and the capital city of the Balearic Island of Minorca (an autonomic Spanish community), located in the eastern part of the island. ... Capital Maó Official languages Catalan & Spanish Area  -  Total 694. ... For other uses, see Carthage (disambiguation). ... Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus (b. ... Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC - 120s BC - 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC Years: 128 BC 127 BC 126 BC 125 BC 124 BC - 123 BC - 122 BC 121 BC... A portrait of Titus Livius made long after his death. ... The Caecilii Metellii was one of the most important and wealthiest families in the Roman Republic. ... Location Coordinates : Time zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer : CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Palma (Catalán) Spanish name Palma de Mallorca Nickname Ciutat Postal code 070XX Area code 34 (Spain) + 971 (Balearic Islands) Website http://www. ... Pollenza is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 40 km southwest of Ancona and about 9 km southwest of Macerata. ... For Mela Festivals today, see Mela Festival. ... Pliny the Elder: an imaginative 19th Century portrait. ... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... Carthago Nova (New Carthage, Carthage already meaning new city in Punic) is the Latin name of the most important Carthaginian coastal trading colony in Spain. ... Map of the Roman Empire, with the provinces, after 120. ... Roman Imperial province of Hispania Tarraconensis, 120 AD Hispania Tarraconensis was one of three Roman provinces in Hispania. ... For other uses, see Nero (disambiguation). ... Look up Constantine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Notitia Dignitatum is a unique document of the Roman imperial chanceries. ...

The two largest islands (the Balearic Islands, in their historical sense) had numerous excellent harbours, though rocky at their mouth, and requiring care in entering them (Strabo, Eustath.; Port Mahon is one of the finest harbours in the world). Both were extremely fertile in all produce, except wine and olive oil. (Aristot. de Mir. Ausc. 89; Diodorus, but Pliny praises their wine as well as their corn, xiv. 6. s. 8, xviii. 7. s. 12: the two writers are speaking, in fact, of different periods.) They were celebrated for their cattle, especially for the mules of the lesser island; they had an immense number of rabbits, and were free from all venomous reptiles. (Strabo, Mela; Pliny l. c., viii. 58. s. 83, xxxv. 19. s. 59; Varro, R. R. iii. 12; Aelian, H. A. xiii. 15; Solin. 26.) Among the snails valued by the Romans as a diet, was a species from the Balearic isles, called cavaticae, from their being bred in caves. (Pliny xxx. 6. s. 15.) Their chief mineral product was the red earth, called sinope, which was used by painters. (Pliny xxxv. 6. s. 13; Vitruv. vii. 7.) Their resin and pitch are mentioned by Dioscorides (Materia Medica i. 92). The population of the two islands is stated by Diodorus at 30,000.

The part of the Mediterranean east of Spain, around the Balearic Isles, was called "Mare Balearicum" (τὸ Βαλλεαρικὸν πέλαγος, Ptol. ii 4. § 3), or "Sinus Balearicus". (Flor. iii. 6. § 9.) The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ...

Post Roman Empire and Aragonese conquest

In the chaos surrounding the fall of the Roman Empire, the islands were conquered by the Vandals. They were subsequently reconquered by the Byzantine Empire, but soon fell to the Moors after the their conquest of Iberia. Vandal and Vandali redirect here. ... Byzantine redirects here. ... For other uses, see moor. ...

Between 1113 and 1115, a Tuscan and Lombard fleet, led by Ugo da Parlascio Ebriaco and Archbishop Pietro Moriconi of the Republic of Pisa, made a successful expedition against the Balearic Islands. The expedition was launched with the support of Constantine I of Logudoro and his base of Porto Torres. Events Pierre Abélard opens his school in Paris End of Kyanzitthas reign in Myanmar Alaungsithus reign begins in Myanmar Suryavarman Is reign begins in the Khmer Empire Bridlington Priory founded Births August 24 - Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (died 1151) Stefan Nemanja, Serbian Grand Zupan Deaths... Events Clairvaux Abbey is founded by St. ... For other uses, see Tuscany (disambiguation). ... For the village of the same name in Ontario, Canada, see Lombardy, Ontario. ... The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. ... Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Constantine I[1] (circa 1064 – 1128) was the giudice of Logudoro. ... Porto Porres (locally Poltu Torra in Sassarese), is a town in northern Sardinia (province of Sassari), of about 20,000 inhabitants. ...

In the 13th century, king James I of Aragon conquered the islands which led to subsequent founding of the Kingdom of Mallorca, but in 1344 it ceased to exist and it was directly incorporated into the Crown of Aragon, which was later united dynastically with Castile as a result of the marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon to become part of the newborn Spain. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... James I of Aragon. ... The Kingdom of Majorca (also Kingdom of Mallorca) was created by James I of Aragon (Jaume I, The Conqueror) as a vassal kingdom of the Kingdom of Aragon. ... Events English king Edward III introduces three new gold coins, the florin. ... Coat of arms of Aragon, 15th century The Crown of Aragon is a term used to refer to the permanent union of multiple titles and states in the hands of the King of Aragon. ... The starting point of Crown of Castile can be considered when the union of the Kingdoms of Castile and Leon in 1230 or the later fusion of their Cortes (their Parlaments). ... Isabella I of Castile (April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504) was Queen regnant of Castile and Leon. ... Ferdinand V of Castile & II of Aragon the Catholic (Spanish: , Catalan: , Aragonese: ; March 10, 1452 – January 23, 1516) was king of Aragon (1479–1516), Castile, Sicily (1468–1516), Naples (1504–1516), Valencia, Sardinia and Navarre and Count of Barcelona. ...

The Balearic Islands were frequently attacked by Barbary pirates from North Africa, the Formentera was even temporarily left by its population. In 1514, 1515 and 1521 coasts of the Balearic Islands and the Spanish mainland were raided by Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Flag of Formentera Formentera is the smallest and southernmost island of the Illes Pitiüses group (which includes Eivissa (Ibiza) and Formentera) and belongs to the Balearic Islands autonomous community (Spain). ... 1514 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1515 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. ... For other uses, see Privateer (disambiguation). ... Motto دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1683, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299–1326) Bursa (1326–1365) Edirne (1365–1453) Ä°stanbul (1453–1922) Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 (first) Osman I  - 1918–22 (last) Mehmed VI Grand Viziers  - 1320... Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha (Turkish: Barbaros Hayreddin PaÅŸa or Hızır Hayreddin PaÅŸa; also Hızır Reis before being promoted to the rank of Pasha and becoming the Kaptan-ı Derya (Fleet Admiral) of the Ottoman Navy) (c. ...

The island of Minorca was a British dependency most of the 18th century as a result of the Treaty of Utrecht, when Spain ceded Gibraltar and Minorca to Great Britain after being captured during the War of the Spanish Succession. It was finally and permanently ceded to Spain by the Treaty of Amiens in 1802 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Capital Maó Official languages Catalan & Spanish Area  -  Total 694. ... Dependent areas are territories that for some reason do not enjoy full independence or sovereignty as states. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... A map depicting the major changes in Western Europes borders as a result of the Treaties of Utrecht and Rastatt. ... Combatants Habsburg Empire England (1701-6) Great Britain (1707-14)[1] Dutch Republic Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Aragon Duchy of Savoy [2] Kingdom of France Kingdom of Spain Electorate of Bavaria Hungarian Rebels [3] Commanders Eugene of Savoy Margrave of Baden Count Starhemberg Duke of Marlborough Marquis de Ruvigny... The Treaty of Amiens was signed on March 25, 1802 (Germinal 4, year X in the French Revolutionary Calendar) by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquis Cornwallis as a Definitive Treaty of Peace between France and the United Kingdom. ... Combatants Great Britain Austria Prussia Spain[1] Russia Sardinia Ottoman Empire Portugal Dutch Republic[2] France The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states. ...

Geography, politics and culture

View of the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range, Mallorca

The Balearic Islands are one of the Catalan-speaking territories designated by the cultural term of Catalan Countries. Majorca and Minorca are the Balearic Islands proper, while the other islands are included in the appellation as part of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. The main islands of the autonomous community are Majorca (Mallorca in Catalan), Minorca (Menorca), Eivissa (Eivissa), and Formentera, all of which are popular tourist destinations. Among the minor islands is Cabrera, which is the location of the Parc Nacional de l'Arxipèlag de Cabrera. The islands can be further grouped, with Majorca, Minorca, and Cabrera as the Gymnesian Islands, and Eivissa and Formentera as the Pine Islands. Image File history File links SerraTramuntana2. ... Image File history File links SerraTramuntana2. ... For other uses, see Tramontana (disambiguation). ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia, and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... Grafitti at Belfast. ... Majorca (Spanish and Catalan: ) is the largest island of Spain. ... Capital Maó Official languages Catalan & Spanish Area  -  Total 694. ... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... Majorca (Spanish and Catalan: ) is the largest island of Spain. ... Capital Maó Official languages Catalan & Spanish Area  -  Total 694. ... Eivissa or Ibiza is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea, and belonging to Spain. ... Flag of Formentera Formentera is the smallest and southernmost island of the Illes Pitiüses group (which includes Eivissa (Ibiza) and Formentera) and belongs to the Balearic Islands autonomous community (Spain). ... Cabrera (Latin: ) is one of the minor Balearic Islands belonging to Spain, just south of Majorca, in the Mediterranean Sea, at approximately 39° 9 N, 3° E. It is the largest of a small archipelago of islands and islets, including (from south to north) the Estells de Fora, LImperial... Cabrera (Latin: ) is one of the minor Balearic Islands belonging to Spain, just south of Majorca, in the Mediterranean Sea, at approximately 39° 9 N, 3° E. It is the largest of a small archipelago of islands and islets, including (from south to north) the Estells de Fora, LImperial... The collective name of the Gymnesian Islands (Catalan: Illes Gimnèsies; Spanish: Islas Gimnesias) distinguishes the two largest (and eastern-most) Balearic islands (Majorca and Minorca), from the Pine Islands (Catalan Illes Pitiüses; Spanish Islas Pitiusas: Ibiza and Formentera). ... Pine Islands (Catalan Illes Pitiüses) is the name given collectively to the Balearic Islands of Ibiza (Eivissa) and Formentera, in the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Trivia

• In 1935, the islands served as a transit stop for Air France Lioré et Olivier LeO H.242 flying boat heading to Algiers from Marseilles.

• Illes Balears sponsors a professional cycling team in the UCI ProTour.

• In 2007, the Islands became the first jurisdiction in the world to grant legal personhood to great apes. [1]

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References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1857).

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See also

• Balearic cuisine
• List of municipalities in the Balearic Islands
• Gymnesian Islands
• Pine Islands
• Majorca
• Minorca
• Eivissa
• Isla de S'Espalmador
• Formentera
• Battle of Mallorca

Balearic Islands cuisine refers to the typical dishes and ingredients in the cuisine of the Balearic Islands, in Spain. ... This is a list of the municipalities in the province and autonomous community of the Balearic Islands, Spain. ... The collective name of the Gymnesian Islands (Catalan: Illes Gimnèsies; Spanish: Islas Gimnesias) distinguishes the two largest (and eastern-most) Balearic islands (Majorca and Minorca), from the Pine Islands (Catalan Illes Pitiüses; Spanish Islas Pitiusas: Ibiza and Formentera). ... Pine Islands (Catalan Illes Pitiüses) is the name given collectively to the Balearic Islands of Ibiza (Eivissa) and Formentera, in the Mediterranean Sea. ... Majorca (Spanish and Catalan: ) is the largest island of Spain. ... Capital Maó Official languages Catalan & Spanish Area  -  Total 694. ... Eivissa or Ibiza is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea, and belonging to Spain. ... Flag of Formentera Formentera is the smallest and southernmost island of the Illes Pitiüses group (which includes Eivissa (Ibiza) and Formentera) and belongs to the Balearic Islands autonomous community (Spain). ... Combatants Second Spanish Republic Nationalist Spain Commanders Alberto Bayo Manuel Uribarri García Ruiz Strength 8,000 militia 10 guns 3,500 regulars and militia Casualties Unknown Unknown The Battle of Mallorca, known as the Mallorca Landings in Spanish (optimistically called the Reconquest of Mallorca by the Republicans) was an...

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• Government of the Balearic Islands
• www.in2menorca.com - guide for independent travellers
• Illes Balears - Official travel website for the Balearic Islands
• BalearesWeb - Website directory for the Balearic Islands
• Baleares Travel Net - Travel website directory in the Balearics
• SpainInfo - Touristic information of the Balearic Islands
• Balearic Islands Tourist Information
• Eivissa Map - Maps of the Balearic Island of Eivissa
• Minorcan history at the Consell Insular de Menorca's web page
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v • d • e Administrative divisions of Spain Autonomous communities Andalusia · Aragon · Asturias · Balearic Islands · Basque Country · Canary Islands · Cantabria · Castile-La Mancha · Castile and León · Catalonia · Extremadura · Galicia · Madrid · Murcia · Navarre · La Rioja · Valencian Community Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia, and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (869x581, 27 KB) Sumari Catalan language in Europe Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Catalan language ... This article is about the Spanish Autonomous Community. ... Alghero (lAlguer in Catalan and SAlighèra in Sardinian), is a town of about 42,000 inhabitants (down from 54,300 inhabitants since early 20th century) in Italy. ... Capital Valencia Official language(s) Valencian and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 8th  23,255 km²  4. ... Valencian (valencià) is the historical, traditional, and official name used in the Valencian Community (Spain) to refer to the language spoken therein, also known as Catalan (català) in the Spanish Autonomous Communities of Catalonia, Aragon and the Balearic Islands; in the country of Andorra; in the southern French region of... Carxe is a city in Spain. ... Valencian (valencià) is the historical, traditional, and official name used in the Valencian Community (Spain) to refer to the language spoken therein, also known as Catalan (català) in the Spanish Autonomous Communities of Catalonia, Aragon and the Balearic Islands; in the country of Andorra; in the southern French region of... Language distribution in Aragon Map of Catalan Countries with current political borders Franja de Ponent (IPA: ; Catalan for Western Strip), Francha de Lebán (Aragonese for Eastern Strip), Franja de Aragón, or simply La Franja, refers to four comarques in the east of the Autonomous Community of Aragon, which... Northern Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya Nord; Spanish: Cataluña del Norte o Cataluña Transpirenaica; French: Catalogne Nord or Pays Catalan) is the name mainly used by the Catalan-speaking community to refer to the part of the historic Principality of Catalonia that came under French governance through the signing of... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... For other uses, see Andalusia (disambiguation). ... Anthem: Himno de Aragón Capital Zaragoza Official languages Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47,719 km²  9. ... Anthem: Asturias, patria querida Capital Oviedo Official language(s) Spanish; Asturian has special status Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 10th  10,604 km²  2. ... Pays Basque) see Northern Basque Country. ... This article is about the islands in the Atlantic Ocean. ... For the Mesozoic island Cantabria, see Cantabria (Mesozoic island). ... Capital Toledo Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 3rd  79,463 km²  15. ... Capital Valladolid Official language(s) Spanish/Castilian Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked  94,223 km²  18. ... This article is about the Spanish Autonomous Community. ... Capital Mérida Official languages Spanish; Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 5th  41,634 km²  8. ... Galicia (Spain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Capital Madrid Official languages Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 12th  8,030. ... Capital Murcia Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 9th  11 313 km²  2,2% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 10th  1 226 993  2,9%  108,46/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  Murcian  murciano/a Statute of Autonomy June 9, 1982 ISO 3166-2 MU Parliamentary representation  â€“ Congress seats  â€“ Senate... “Navarra” redirects here. ... La Rioja is a province and autonomous community of northern Spain. ... Capital Valencia Official language(s) Valencian and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 8th  23,255 km²  4. ... Autonomous cities  |  Plazas de soberanía Ceuta · Melilla  |  Islas Chafarinas · Peñón de Alhucemas · Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera  · Isla de Alborán The Plazas de Soberanía. ... Capital Ceuta City Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked  28 km²   Population  â€“ Total (2006)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked  75,861    2,709. ... Capital Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked  20 km²   Population  â€“ Total (2006)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked  66,871    3,343. ... 19th-century Spanish map showing the Chafarinas. Islas Chafarinas are a group of three small islands located in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Morocco, 45 km to the east of Melilla and 3. ... 19th-century Spanish map showing the Peñón de Alhucemas Peñón de Alhucemas, or Lavender Rock, is one of the Spanish territories in North Africa off the Moroccan coast, along with the coastal enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, the island of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera... Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, seen from the Moroccan coast Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera is one of the Spanish territories on North Africa off the Moroccan coast (Plazas de soberanía), along with the coastal enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla (from which it... Alborán Island The Isla de Alborán is a small island in the Alborán Sea, part of the western Mediterranean, about 50 kilometres north of the Moroccan coast and 90 kilometres south of the province of Almería, Spain. ...

v • d • e Provinces of Spain A Coruña / La Coruña · Álava · Albacete · Alicante  · Almería · Asturias · Ávila · Badajoz · Balearic Islands · Barcelona · Biscay · Burgos · Cáceres · Cádiz · Cantabria · Castellón · Ceuta · Ciudad Real · Córdoba · Cuenca · Gerona / Girona · Granada · Guadalajara · Guipuscoa · Huelva · Huesca · Jaén · Las Palmas · León · Lérida / Lleida · Lugo · Madrid · Málaga · Melilla · Murcia · Navarre · Orense / Ourense · Palencia · Pontevedra · La Rioja · Salamanca · Santa Cruz de Tenerife · Segovia · Seville · Soria · Tarragona · Teruel · Toledo · Valencia · Valladolid · Zamora · Zaragoza Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... In addition to its autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ... A Coruña (also: La Coruña in Spanish, La Corogne in French and La Croyne and Corunna in English) is the most North-western Atlantic-facing province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. ... Álava province Álava (Basque: Araba) is a province of northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... Albacete province Albacete is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. ... Location of Alicante province in Spain, in a deeper red shade within the Valencian Community. ... Almería province Almería is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ... Anthem: Asturias, patria querida Capital Oviedo Official language(s) Spanish; Asturian has special status Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 10th  10,604 km²  2. ... Ávila province Ávila is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ... Badajoz is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Extremadura. ... Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. ... For other uses, see Biscay (disambiguation). ... Burgos province Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ... Cáceres province Cáceres is a province of western Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Extremadura. ... Cádiz province Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, being the southernmost point of continental Western Europe. ... For the Mesozoic island Cantabria, see Cantabria (Mesozoic island). ... Castellón province. ... Capital Ceuta City Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked  28 km²   Population  â€“ Total (2006)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked  75,861    2,709. ... Ciudad Real is a province of central Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile_La Mancha. ... Córdoba Province may refer to: Córdoba Province, Argentina Córdoba Province, Spain This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Cuenca province Cuenca is a province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. ... Girona province. ... Granada province Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ... Guadalajara province Guadalajara is a province of central Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. ... Guipuscoa province. ... Huelva province Huelva is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ... Huesca province Huesca is a province of northern Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Aragon. ... Jaén Province may refer to Jaén Province, Spain Jaén Province, Peru This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Canary Islands | Provinces of Spain ... León province León (Llión in Asturian-leonese language) is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ... Lleida province. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Galicia (Spain) | Provinces of Spain ... Capital Madrid Official languages Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 12th  8,030. ... Málaga province The Province of Málaga (Spanish Provincia de Málaga) is located on the southern coast of Spain, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. ... Capital Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked  20 km²   Population  â€“ Total (2006)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked  66,871    3,343. ... Capital Murcia Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 9th  11 313 km²  2,2% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 10th  1 226 993  2,9%  108,46/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  Murcian  murciano/a Statute of Autonomy June 9, 1982 ISO 3166-2 MU Parliamentary representation  â€“ Congress seats  â€“ Senate... “Navarra” redirects here. ... For the city of Ourense see Ourense Map of Ourense Ourense (province), Galicia. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Galicia (Spain) | Provinces of Spain ... La Rioja is a province and autonomous community of northern Spain. ... Salamanca province. ... Santa Cruz de Tenerife province Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a province of Spain, consisting of the western part of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. ... Segovia province Segovia is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Andalusia | Provinces of Spain ... Soria province Soria is a province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Catalonia | Provinces of Spain ... Teruel province Teruel is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Aragon. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-La Mancha | Provinces of Spain ... Valencia province Valencia (Castilian Spanish: Valencia /balenθja/; Valencian Catalan: València /vałεnsia/) is a province of Spain, in the central part of the Valencian Country. ... Valladolid province Valladolid is a province of western Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ... Capital Zamora, Spain Official language(s) Spanish; Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 22nd  10. ... Zaragoza province Zaragoza (also called Saragossa in English) is a province of northern Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Aragon. ...

Coordinates: 39°30′N, 3°00′E Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Map of the Roman Empire, with the provinces, after 120. ... Motto Senatus Populusque Romanus The Western Roman Empire in 395. ... The Praetorian Prefecture of Gaul (Latin: Praefectura Praetorio Galliarum) was one of four large Praetorian prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided. ... Capital Augusta Treverorum Historical era Late Antiquity  - Establishment 314  - last Roman territory overrun by Franks 486 The Diocese of Gaul (Latin: Dioecesis Galliarum, diocese of the Gaul [province]s) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, under the praetorian prefecture of Gaul. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... The Roman Province of Gallia Belgica in 58 BCE The Roman Province of Gallia Belgica around 120 CE Gallia Belgica was a Roman province located in what is now the southern part of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, northeastern France, and western Germany. ... The Roman Province of Gallia Belgica in 58 BCE The Roman Province of Gallia Belgica around 120 CE Gallia Belgica was a Roman province located in what is now the southern part of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, northeastern France, and western Germany. ... Categories: Historical stubs | Ancient Roman provinces | German history | Germany | History of the Germanic peoples ... The Roman province of Germania Inferior, 120 AD Germania Inferior was a Roman province located on the left bank of the Rhine, in todays southern and western Netherlands, the whole of Belgium and Luxembourg, parts of north-eastern France, and western Germany. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... A map of Gaul in the 1st century BC, showing the relative position of the Sequani tribe. ... Capital Burdigala Historical era Late Antiquity  - Establishment 314  - Disestablished unknown The Diocese of the Seven Provinces (Latin: Dioecesis Septem Provinciarum), originally called the Diocese of Vienne (Latin: Dioecesis Viennensis) after the city of Vienna (modernVienne), was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, under the praetorian prefecture of Gaul. ... Capital Burdigala Historical era Late Antiquity  - Establishment 314  - Disestablished unknown The Diocese of the Seven Provinces (Latin: Dioecesis Septem Provinciarum), originally called the Diocese of Vienne (Latin: Dioecesis Viennensis) after the city of Vienna (modernVienne), was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, under the praetorian prefecture of Gaul. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... Gallia Aquitania, a province of The Roman Empire Gallia Aquitania, in ancient geography, was a province of the Roman Empire, located in present-day southwest France and bordered by the provinces of Gallia Lugdunensis, Gallia Narbonensis, and Hispania Tarraconensis. ... Gallia Aquitania, a province of The Roman Empire Gallia Aquitania, in ancient geography, was a province of the Roman Empire, located in present-day southwest France and bordered by the provinces of Gallia Lugdunensis, Gallia Narbonensis, and Hispania Tarraconensis. ... Map of the historical and cultural area of Gascony. ... Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis, 120 AD Gallia Narbonensis was a Roman province located in what is now Languedoc and Provence, in southern France. ... Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis, 120 AD Gallia Narbonensis was a Roman province located in what is now Languedoc and Provence, in southern France. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Iberian Peninsula. ... Roman province of Hispania Baetica, 120 AD In Hispania, which in Greek is called Iberia, there were three Imperial Roman provinces, Hispania Baetica in the south, Lusitania, corresponding to modern Portugal, in the west, and Hispania Tarraconensis in the north and northeast. ... Roman Imperial province of Hispania Tarraconensis, 120 AD Hispania Tarraconensis was a Roman province in what is known today as modern Spain. ... Gallaecia or Callaecia (from Gaulish *gal-laikos smoke?-hero/warrior) was the name of a Roman province that comprised a territory in the north-west of Hispania (approximately the current Galicia of Spain and the north of Portugal). ... In red is the province of Lusitania within the Roman Empire, AD 117 Lusitania was an ancient Roman province including approximately all of modern Portugal south of the Douro river, and part of modern Spain (the present autonomous community of Extremadura and a small part of the province of Salamanca). ... In the first century A.D., the Emperor Claudius divided the Roman province of Mauretania into Mauretania Caesariensis and Mauretania Tingitana. ... Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ... Maxima Caesariensis was the name of one of the four provinces of Roman Britain, as named in the Verona List, dated AD 312 - 314. ... Britannia Prima was one of the provinces of Roman Britain created c. ... Britannia Secunda was one of the provinces of Roman Britain created c. ... Flavia Caesariensis was one of the provinces of Roman Britain. ... Valentia was the name of a consular northern province of Roman Britain. ... Capital Ravenna from 476 Historical era Late Antiquity  - Establishment 318  - End of Western Empire 476  - Ostrogothic conquest 493  - Start of Gothic War 535  - Lombard invasion of Italy 568  - Foundation of Exarchate of Ravenna 584 The Praetorian Prefecture of Italy (Latin: Praefectura Praetorio Italiae, in its full form Praefectura Praetorio Italiae... For other uses, see Campania (disambiguation). ... A portion of the Tabula Peutingeriana, a Roman map of the 4th century, depicting the southern part of Italia. ... Samnium (Oscan Safinim) was a region of the southern Apennines in Italy that was home to the Samnites, a group of Sabellic tribes that controlled the area from about 600 BC to about 290 BC. Samnium was delimited by Latium in the north, by Lucania in the south, by Campania... For other uses, see Corsica (disambiguation). ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. ... Sardinia (pronounced ; Italian: ; Sardinian: or ) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily). ... Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. ... Emilia is an Italian historical region which approximately corresponds to modern Emilia-Romagna regions western and north-eastern portion. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... The Diocese of Africa (Latin: Dioecesis Africae) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of North Africa. ... Africa Province, Roman Empire ... At the end of the third century A.D., the Emperor Diocletian divided the great Roman province of Africa Proconsularis into smaller provinces, including Byzacena, corresponding now to the modern Sahel, region of Tunisia. ... In Antiquity, Mauretania was originally an independent Berber kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of north Africa (named after the Maure tribe, after whom the Moors were named), corresponding to western Algeria, and northern Morocco. ... In the first century A.D., the Emperor Claudius divided the Roman province of Mauretania into Mauretania Caesariensis and Mauretania Tingitana. ... Numidia was an ancient Berber kingdom in North Africa that later alternated between a Roman province and a Roman client state, and is no longer in existence today. ... Tripolitania is a historic region of western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli. ... The Diocese of Pannonia (Latin: Dioecesis Pannoniarum), later known as Diocese of Illyricum, was a diocese of the Late Roman Empire. ... The Diocese of Pannonia (Latin: Dioecesis Pannoniarum), also known as Diocese of Illyricum, was a diocese of the Late Roman Empire. ... Dalmatia province, Roman Empire Roman Dalmatia and surrounding areas Dalmatia was an ancient Roman province. ... Noricum in ancient geography was a celtic kingdom in Austria and later a province of the Roman Empire. ... Noricum in ancient geography was a celtic kingdom in Austria and later a province of the Roman Empire. ... The Pannonia Prima was ancient Roman province. ... Pannonia Secunda map The Pannonia Secunda was ancient Roman province. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Pannonia Valeria or simply Valeria was an ancient Roman province. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Byzantine Empire. ... map of the Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum, before 379 AD The Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum (Latin: Praefectura Praetorio per Illyricum, also termed simply the Prefecture of Illyricum) was one of four large Praetorian prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided. ... Emperor Aurelian (270-275), confronted with the secession of Gallia and Hispania from the empire since 260, with the advance of the Sassanids in Asia, and the devastations that the Carpians and the Goths had done into Moesia and Illyria, abandoned the province of Dacia created by Trajan and withdrew... The provinces of the Roman Empire in 120, with Dacia highlighted. ... Moesia (Greek: , Moisia; Bulgarian: Мизия, Miziya; Serbian: Мезија, Mezija) is an ancient province situated in the areas of modern Serbia and Bulgaria. ... Praevalitana (also Praevaliana or Prevalis) was an ancient Roman province. ... Ancient Dardania Dardania (Albanian: Dardania;) was an ancient country encompassing southern parts of present-day Kosova (including the area of the modern-day province of Kosovo, since 1999 under UN administration), mostly, but not entirely, western parts of the present-day Republic of Macedonia, and parts of present-day north... Dacia ripensis (Greek: Ρειπήσιος, English: from the banks of the Danube[1]) was the name of a Roman province (part of Dacia Aureliana) first established by Aurelian (circa 283 AD when the boundary stones were set by him and one of them was restored by Gaianus[2]) after he withdrew from... The Diocese of Macedonia included the provinces of Macedonia Prima, Macedonia Salutaris, Thessalia, Epirus Vetus, Epirus Nova, Achaea, and Creta. ... Macedonia province within the Roman Empire, c. ... Map showing Thessaly periphery in Greece Thessaly (Θεσσαλια; modern Greek Thessalía; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ... Epirus vetus was a province in the Roman Empire. ... The name Epirus may refer to: Geographical Epirus (region) - a historical and geographical region of the southwestern Balkans, straddling modern Greece and Albania Northern Epirus - the name given by Greeks to the region that is now southern Albania Political Epirus (periphery) - one of the thirteen peripheries (administrative divisions) of Greece... The Roman Empire in 120, with the province of Achaea highlighted. ... Crete or Candia in 1861 // Little is known about the rise of ancient Cretan society, because very few written records remain, and many of them are written in the undeciphered script known as Linear A. This contrasts with the superb palaces, houses, roads, paintings and sculptures that do remain. ... The Praetorian prefecture of the East or of Oriens (Latin: Praefectura Praetorio Orientis, Greek: ) was one of four large Praetorian prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided. ... The Diocese of Thrace ca. ... Thrace is a historical and geographic area in south-east Europe spread over southern Bulgaria, north-eastern Greece, and European Turkey. ... Moesia (Greek: , Moisia; Bulgarian: Мизия, Miziya; Serbian: Мезија, Mezija) is an ancient province situated in the areas of modern Serbia and Bulgaria. ... Major ancient towns and colonies in Schythia Minor Scythia Minor (Greek: Μικρά Σκυθία, Mikrá Scythia) was in ancient times the region surrounded by the Danube at the north and west and the Black Sea at the east, corresponding to todays Dobruja (a large part in Romania and a smaller part in... The Diocese of Asia ca. ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ... Pamphylia, in ancient geography, was the region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus. ... Location of Caria Photo of a 15th century map showing Caria. ... Lydia (Greek ) is a historic region of western Anatolia, congruent with Turkeys modern provinces of Ä°zmir and Manisa. ... Lycian rock cut tombs of Dalyan Lycian rock cut tombs of Dalyan Lycia (in Lycian, Trm̃misa (see List of Lycian place names); in ancient Greek, Λυκία and in modern Turkish, Likya) is a region in the modern-day provinces of Antalya and MuÄŸla on the southern coast of Turkey. ... In ancient geography, Lycaonia was a large region in the interior of Asia Minor, north of Mount Taurus. ... Pisidia was an inland region in southern Anatolia. ... In antiquity, Phrygia (Greek: ) was a kingdom in the west central part of the Anatolia. ... In antiquity, Phrygia (Greek: ) was a kingdom in the west central part of the Anatolia. ... Remains of the top floors of an insula near the Capitolium and the Aracoeli in Rome. ... The Diocese of Pontus ca. ... Bithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine (today Black Sea). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Paphlagonia was an ancient area on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia and Pontus, and separated from Phrygia (later, Galatia) by a prolongation to the east of the Bithynian Olympus. ... For other uses, see Cappadocia (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Cappadocia (disambiguation). ... Traditional rural Pontic house A man in traditional clothes from Trabzon, illustration Pontus is the name which was applied, in ancient times, to extensive tracts of country in the northeast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) bordering on the Euxine (Black Sea), which was often called simply Pontos (the main), by... Map of Armenia under Roman rule, with Greater Armenia in red and Lesser Armenia in blue. ... Map of Armenia under Roman rule, with Greater Armenia in red and Lesser Armenia in blue. ... Map of Armenia under Roman rule, with Greater Armenia in red and Lesser Armenia in blue. ... Roman province of Sophene, 120 CE Armenia Sophene was a short-lived (c. ... Map of Armenia under Roman rule, with Greater Armenia in red and Lesser Armenia in blue. ... Map of Armenia under Roman rule, with Greater Armenia in red and Lesser Armenia in blue. ... The Diocese of the East ca. ... The Kingdom of Cilician Armenia, 1199-1375. ... The Kingdom of Cilician Armenia, 1199-1375. ... Isauria, in ancient geography, is a rugged isolated district in the interior of South Asia Minor, of very different extent at different periods, but generally covering much of what is now Antalya province of Turkey, or the core of the Taurus Mountains. ... For other uses, see Syria (disambiguation). ... Osroene (also: Osrohene, Osrhoene; Syriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ Ü•Ü’ܝܬ Ü¥Ü£ÜªÜ Ü¥ÜÜ¢Ü¶Ü), also known by the name of its capital city, Edessa (modern Sanli Urfa, in Syriac: ܐܘܪܗܝ), was one of several kingdoms arising from the dissolution of the Seleucid Empire. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the geographical area known as Palestine. ... This article is about the geographical area known as Palestine. ... This article is about the geographical area known as Palestine. ... Arabia Petraea Arabia Petraea, also called Provincia Arabia or simply Arabia, was a frontier province of the Roman Empire beginning in the second century; it consisted of the former Nabataean kingdom in modern Jordan, southern modern Syria Sinai, and northwestern Saudi Arabia. ... The Diocese of Egypt ca. ... The Roman Empire 120, with Aegyptus province highlighted See Egypt Province for the province of the Ottoman Empire. ... The Roman Empire 120, with Aegyptus province highlighted See Egypt Province for the province of the Ottoman Empire. ... Augustamnica or Avgoustamnikai was a Roman province of Egypt created during the 5th century and extending over the eastern part of the Nile delta. ... Augustamnica or Avgoustamnikai was a Roman province of Egypt created during the 5th century and extending over the eastern part of the Nile delta. ... Arcadia or Arcadia Ægypti was an ancient region in Roman controlled Egypt. ... The Thebaid is the region of ancient Egypt containing the thirteen southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos to Aswan. ... The Thebaid is the region of ancient Egypt containing the thirteen southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos to Aswan. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... The Chersonesus Tauricus of Antiquity, shown on a map printed in London, ca 1770 Taurica (Greek: , Latin: ) also known as Tauris, Taurida, Tauric Chersonese, and Chersonesus Taurica was the name of Crimea in Antiquity. ... Egrisi (Georgian: ) known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as Lazica and to Persians as Lazistan was an early western Georgian [1]kingdom in South Caucasus, which flourished between the 6th century BC and the 7th century AD. It covered the territory of the former kingdom Kolkha (Colchis) and the... The Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent under Justinian I. Justinians inherited empire in pink with his conquests, including Spania, in orange. ... Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus (c. ... The division of the Roman Empire into four Praetorian prefectures originated in the age of the Tetrarchy yet outlived that period. ... Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus[2] (27 February c. ... The Exarchate of Ravenna was a center of Byzantine power in Italy, from the end of the 6th century to 751 A.D., when the last Exarch was put to death by the Emperors enemies in Italy, the Lombards. ... // Introduction Exarch is from the Latin; Exarchus, Greek; Exarchon; Meaning Leader, from the word exarchein to lead, to begin, to rule. ... The themata circa 950. ... Capital Carthage Historical era Late Antiquity  - conquest of Vandal Kingdom 534  - Moorish revolt defeated 548  - reorganization into Exarchate 584 The Praetorian prefecture of Africa (Latin: Praefectura praetorio Africae) was a major administrative division of the Eastern Roman Empire, established after the reconquest of northwestern Africa from the Vandals in 533... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...