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Archaeological excavations have shown that the Thessalian Peninsular has been inhabited since at least the Neolithic Era, sites such as the Ankoraki Caves and the Illikinos Hills contain evidence of the earliest known use of pottery and tool-making as well as cave paintings depicting acts of hunting and religious ceremonies. Known as the Calysic Peoples, it is believed that these peoples emigrated from modern day not!Caucasus via land routes through the not!caucasusmountains and through not!turkey around 6000bc, settling in parts of modern day Thesporati and the Kasikyan Valley Region, showing evidence of the animal husbandry such as the domestication of cattle and the growth of early wheat and barely grains in an organized manner. Early earthworking tools have been found in dig sites around the modern day villages of Ansiphos and Lalokia in the Thesporatian Plains. Construction of early houses have also been found around the region, constructed mainly on hillsides above fertile plains, the buildings were constructed from mudbrick and stacked stone with clay mortar, later houses showed evidence of oak (of the Quercus trojana species). | |||
It's debated how long the Calysic Peoples existed for but it was preceded by the Megonis Peoples who lasted into the late Neolithic period and perhaps beyond. Various migratory tribes split off and colonized the Marenostronian islands, forming a plethora of individual cultures. From the 4th millennium, the Thessalian Peninsula was settled by the Ayekomos People, widely debated as one of the first 'civilizations' in Estere, constructing cities up and down the Thessalian Coast and building the first proper permanent settlements in the Ivonnian islands. Then preceded by the Encydaylian Civilization in the early 2nd Millennium who pioneered the proto-Encydaylian script, which formed the roots for the early form of Ancient Thessalian written language. It was unclear how centralized the Encydalian civilization was, many propose it was the earliest form of a confederation, however this has been disputed by archaeologists and historians alike due to the lack of translatable scripture. | |||
The Encydalian civilization collapsed due to unknown circumstances in the late 2nd millennium and an explosion of various independent states were born. These city states, kingdoms and independent powers continued to exist until the Tibirnian Conquests in - | |||
===Classical Period=== | ===Classical Period=== | ||
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Republic of Thessalia Dimokratía tis Thessalías Δημοκρατία της Θεσσαλίας | |
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 Flag | |
| Motto: Στις ευημερούσες παλίρροιες Stis evimeroúses palírroies On prosperous tides | |
| Anthem: "Thessalía eínai diásimos" "Thessalia Prestigious" | |
| Capital | Akiathiros |
| Official languages | Thessalian, |
| Ethnic groups (2013) | |
| Demonym(s) | Thessalanian |
| Government | Unitary presidential republic |
• President | Amphion Dimitriadis |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
| Formation | |
| Population | |
• 2015 estimate | 13,501,892 |
• Density | 86/km2 (222.7/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate |
• Total | $481.391 Billion |
• Per capita | $35,653 |
| HDI (2015) | 0.760 high |
| Currency | Minas |
| Date format | dd.mm.yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +98 |
| ISO 3166 code | TE |
Thessalia (Thessalian:Θεσσαλια), or officially known as the Republic of Thessalia (Thessalian:Δημοκρατία της Θεσσαλια or Dimokratía tis Thessalías) is a country located in southwest Estere on the Marenostro Sea sharing it's only land border with Beloladania to the north east. Thessalia spans south westward into the Central Marenostronian Basin and features around 3000 separately identified islands (of which 185 are inhabited), contributing to around 23% of the country's estimated land area.
Historically the Thessalian peninsula has been inhabited by various distinguishable civilizations, from the Ayekomos Peoples around 4000bc to the Late Scracian Empire in 300-500bc, as well as various Ladanic migratory tribes from Western Estere from the late 5th Century and has played host to a multitude of seafaring empires spanning the Marenostronian Coast, such as the Mhessarian Empire which was a consolidation of many smaller city-states. The Mhessarian Empire collapsed in the late 8th Century due to increasing cultural and territorial erosion from the Sassaric Kingdoms of the northeast, which in turn was absorbed by the Miakian Kingdom in the late 11th century due to a series of territorial conquests. Thessalia as it stands today was born from the fallout of the Great Beloladanian War, in which a Thessalian Independance movement, led by self-proclaimed King Kalionos Kyadones, overcame a significant military and economical disadvantage to establish the First Kingdom of Thessalisi, which eventually became the State of Thessalis in 1807 under the rule of King Mekanos III and finally the Republic of Thessalia in 1868 with the abdication of Queen Kairis II.
Geographically, Thessalia is split between a rugged mountainous northern section known as Upper Thessalia whilst the Lower Thessalia is significantly less rugged with more flatlands and floodplains. The Thessalian Islands which number at an estimated 3000, are spread over a large portion of the Central Marenostronian Sea with the largest, Khivonia being located closer to the N/A coast than it is to the Thessalian mainland.
Etymology
Derived from the Ancient Thessalian word θάλασσα or Thalassa literally meaning of the sea, the term was shared by the Ancient Thessalian spirit 'Thalassa' who was the primeval spirit of the sea, and was revered by merchant traders and sailors alike for providing fair sailing conditions. The term was spread around the Marenostronian Sea by Scracian Merchants and later, Mhessarian Seafarers, evidenced by the recovery of stone tablets from an excavation site on the island of Caeloros in 1905. The term was also spread into Estere by Ladanian Tribes, who intermixed with various city states on the peninsula and the Scracian Empire alike.
History
Early Prehistory
Archaeological excavations have shown that the Thessalian Peninsular has been inhabited since at least the Neolithic Era, sites such as the Ankoraki Caves and the Illikinos Hills contain evidence of the earliest known use of pottery and tool-making as well as cave paintings depicting acts of hunting and religious ceremonies. Known as the Calysic Peoples, it is believed that these peoples emigrated from modern day not!Caucasus via land routes through the not!caucasusmountains and through not!turkey around 6000bc, settling in parts of modern day Thesporati and the Kasikyan Valley Region, showing evidence of the animal husbandry such as the domestication of cattle and the growth of early wheat and barely grains in an organized manner. Early earthworking tools have been found in dig sites around the modern day villages of Ansiphos and Lalokia in the Thesporatian Plains. Construction of early houses have also been found around the region, constructed mainly on hillsides above fertile plains, the buildings were constructed from mudbrick and stacked stone with clay mortar, later houses showed evidence of oak (of the Quercus trojana species).
It's debated how long the Calysic Peoples existed for but it was preceded by the Megonis Peoples who lasted into the late Neolithic period and perhaps beyond. Various migratory tribes split off and colonized the Marenostronian islands, forming a plethora of individual cultures. From the 4th millennium, the Thessalian Peninsula was settled by the Ayekomos People, widely debated as one of the first 'civilizations' in Estere, constructing cities up and down the Thessalian Coast and building the first proper permanent settlements in the Ivonnian islands. Then preceded by the Encydaylian Civilization in the early 2nd Millennium who pioneered the proto-Encydaylian script, which formed the roots for the early form of Ancient Thessalian written language. It was unclear how centralized the Encydalian civilization was, many propose it was the earliest form of a confederation, however this has been disputed by archaeologists and historians alike due to the lack of translatable scripture.
The Encydalian civilization collapsed due to unknown circumstances in the late 2nd millennium and an explosion of various independent states were born. These city states, kingdoms and independent powers continued to exist until the Tibirnian Conquests in -
Classical Period
Medieval Period
Post-Independence
Modern Period
Geography
Climate
Islands
Ecology
Politics
Government
Administrative divisions
Thessalia is made up of 15 Administrative Regions (periochés) and further into 192 Municipalities (dímous), each Municipality is split further into counties (nomoi) making for a total of 3204 counties.
- Apollonia
- Thesporati
- East Soudrassi
- Skydra
- Xanogios
- Trebalon
- Ivonnian Islands
- West Soudrassi
- Kastoria
- Vseledonia
- Central Thessalia
- Khivonian Islands
- Platanakia
- Epirodon
- Sikrios