With the decline of the medieval world, which occurred throughout the fifteenth century, a return to the values of classical Greco-Roman culture was sought in Europe, the Renaissance began . Although there was also a renewal in the world of science, the main stronghold and exponent of the Renaissa
The inhabitants of Phthia were called Myrmidones in the Homeric era. They got their name from Myrmidon, son of Zeus and Eurymedusa, according to the legend. The same myth states that Zeus transformed himself into an ant in order to mate with the said princess, hence the name of their offspring.
The Mints (sikka , Arabic word meaning die) were the Mint Houses of the different Taifa kingdoms (Muslim kingdoms that emerged after the abolition of the Caliphate in 1031 and later with the collapse of the Almoravid and Alhomade empires). Each one of the Taifa kinglets minted their own currency as
In 1911 the Italy-Ottoman Empire war broke out. In the spring of 1912 the Italians began to occupy the Greek Dodecanese. The Italians reached Kastellorizo on April 29, 1912 but did not occupy it because they considered it too far from the other islands and could not hold it, despite the request of