KHALKIDHIKÍ

khälkēthēkēˈ or Chalcidicekălsĭdˈĭsē, peninsula (1991 pop. 92,117), NE Greece, projecting into the Aegean Sea from SE Macedonia. Its southern extremity terminates in three peninsulas: Kassandra (anc. Gr. Pallene) in the west, Sithonia in the center, and Athos in the east. The region is largely mountainous, dry, and agricultural. Olive oil, wine, wheat, and tobacco are produced; magnesite is mined. In antiquity the peninsula was famous for its timber. Olynthus and Potidaea were the chief towns in antiquity; Poliyiros is today the leading town and an administrative center. The peninsula was named for Khalkís, which established colonies there in the 8th and 7th cent. b.c. In the 4th cent. b.c. the peninsula was conquered by Philip II of Macedon, and in the 2d cent. b.c. by Rome. The subsequent history of Khalkidhikí is essentially that of Thessaloníki.

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The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Rumania, Turkey
Book by Nevill Forbes, Arnold J. Toynbee, D. Mitrany, D. G. Hogarth; Clarendon Press, 1915
Subjects: Balkan Peninsula--History, Eastern Question (Balkan)
...Karlowitz , 105 , 109 , 116 . Karpathos, 234. Kasos, 234; destruction of 1824 , 203. Kavala, 227- 9 , 370 . Kazan, 24 . Khalkidhiki, 197. Kharput, 384. Khios, 194, 190 , 231, 232 , 234. siege of 1822 , 198. Khorasan, 321 . Khurshid Pasha, 193...


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KhalkidhikÍ
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KHALKIDHIKI khalketheke or Chalcidice kalsid ise, peninsula (1991 pop. 92,117...Macedon, and in the 2d cent. b.c. by Rome. The subsequent history of Khalkidhiki is essentially that of Thessaloniki...
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Greece
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Pindus Mts. (which continue into central Greece); low-lying plains along the lower Nestos and Struma rivers; and the Khalkidhiki peninsula, on which Thessaloniki , Greeces second largest city, is located. Central Greece, situated N of the Gulf of...
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ThessalonÍki
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Thessaloniki prefecture, N Greece, in Macedonia; on the Gulf of Thessaloniki, an inlet of the Aegean Sea, at the neck of the Khalkidhiki Peninsula. It is the second largest city in Greece, a major modern port, and an industrial and commercial center. Exports...
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Apollonia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...one in Thrace on the Aegean (a town famous for a large statue of Apollo), one in N Sicily, and another in Chalcidice (Khalkidhiki). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...
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Athos
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ATHOS ath os, a thos, Akti ak te, or Akte ta, easternmost of the three peninsulas of Khalkidhiki , c.130 sq mi (340 sq km), NE Greece, in Macedonia. The narrow, northern base of the peninsula was once cut by canal dug...
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