Morea

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Morea (Greek: Μορέας or Μωριάς) was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. The name was used by the Principality of Achaea, the Byzantine province known as the Despotate of the Morea, by the Ottoman Empire for the Morea Eyalet, and later by the Republic of Venice for the short-lived Kingdom of the Morea.

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