History of Crimea

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The recorded history of the Crimean Peninsula, historically known as Tauris, Taurica (Greek: Ταυρική or Ταυρικά), and the Tauric Chersonese (Greek: Χερσόνησος Ταυρική, "Tauric Peninsula"), begins around the 5th century BCE when several Greek colonies were established along its coast, the most important of which was Chersonesos near modern-day Sevastopol, with Scythians and Tauri in the hinterland to the north. The southern coast gradually consolidated into the Bosporan Kingdom, which was later annexed by Pontus and eventually became a client kingdom of Rome (63 BC onward). Under Roman and later Byzantine rule, the region remained culturally Greek for nearly two millennia, continuing through the Empire of Trebizond (1204–1461) and the independent Principality of Theodoro (until 1475). In the 13th century, some Crimean port cities were controlled by the Venetians and by the Genovese, but the interior was much less stable, enduring a long series of conquests and invasions. In the medieval...

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