{"slug": "cyclades", "label": "Cyclades", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclades", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171132", "qid": "Q171132", "description": "Greek island group in the Aegean Sea", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [-2799, 1956], "span_label": ["2800 BCE", "1956 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "aegean-sea", "label": "Aegean Sea", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lycia", "label": "Lycia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cyprus", "label": "Cyprus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cilicia", "label": "Cilicia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seleucid", "label": "Seleucid", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "antiochus-iii-the-great", "label": "Antiochus III the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-v-of-macedon", "label": "Philip V of Macedon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "peloponnese", "label": "Peloponnese", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -2799, "year_label": "2800 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "c. 2800 BC – 2700 BC: Seated Harp Player, from Keros, Cyclades, is made. It is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371895843#Events", "title": "28th century BC", "revid": 1371895843, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -271, "year_label": "272 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Egypt's victories solidify the kingdom's position as the undisputed naval power of the eastern Mediterranean; the Ptolemaic sphere of power now extends over the Cyclades to Samothrace, and the harbours and coastal towns of Cilicia Trachea, Pamphylia, Lycia and Caria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172942#Egypt", "title": "272 BC", "revid": 1354172942, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -245, "year_label": "246 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy III wins major victories over Seleucus II in Syria and Anatolia and briefly occupies Antioch. These victories are marred by the loss of the Cyclades to Antigonus II Gonatas in the Battle of Andros.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358219611#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "246 BC", "revid": 1358219611, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -203, "year_label": "204 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Philip V of Macedon and Antiochus III of the Syrian-based Seleucid kingdom realize Egypt's weakness and agree to partition Egypt's Anatolian and Aegean possessions. Antiochus' share is to be southern Syria, Lycia, Cilicia and Cyprus, while Philip is to gain western Anatolia and the Cyclades.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300115585#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "204 BC", "revid": 1300115585, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": 829, "year_label": "829 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October", "text": "October – Battle of Thasos: Saracens from the newly founded Emirate of Crete almost annihilate the Byzantine fleet at Thasos, close to the coast of Thrace. The Cyclades and other islands in the Aegean Sea are pillaged.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941503#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "829", "revid": 1340941503, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1263, "year_label": "1263 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos sends a Byzantine expeditionary force (some 3,500 men) led by his half-brother, Constantine Palaiologos, to the Peloponnese in southern Greece. The army is transported to Monemvasia on Genoese ships, while a small Byzantine fleet is sent to harass the Latin island holdings in Euboea and the Cyclades. After arriving at Monemvasia, Constantine lays siege to Sparta, while the Byzantine fleet seizes the southern coast of Laconia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296179530#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1263", "revid": 1296179530, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1480, "year_label": "1480 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20 – The Senate of the Republic of Venice votes to approve the transfer of ownership of the island of Santorini (now the Greek island of Thera) to Domenico Pisani. The island was the dowry given to Pisani for the marriage of Fiorenza Crispo, by Firenzo's father, Giacomo III Crispo, Duke of the Archipelago, a set of 18 of the 20 inhabited Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370179650#April–June", "title": "1480", "revid": 1370179650, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – Greek War of Independence: the London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371323922#October–December", "title": "1828", "revid": 1371323922, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1956, "year_label": "1956 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "July 9", "text": "July 9 – The 7.7 Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the subsequent tsunami leave 53 people dead.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022627#July", "title": "1956", "revid": 1370022627, "section": "Events › July"}}]}