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The Dodecanese Islands
Dodecanese islands are formed, as the geologists say, from the peaks of the mountains of the Aegeis, the dry land that joined Greece to Asia which sank into the Mediterranean sea four million years ago.
The Dodecanese islands have been inhabited since the prehistoric period and were first ruled by the Minoans and then the Achaeans.
But their economic and intellectual development began with the arrival of the Dorians in 1100 B.C., reaching a peak of growth in the 8th century.
The three large towns of Lindus, Cameirus and Ialyssus which were built on the island of Rhodes in the 6th century B.C. by the Dorians and constituted along with Kos, Cnidus and Halicarnassus in Asia Minor the Dorian Hexapolis.
The economical and cultural growth of this area was cut off prematurely by the Persian tempest which then shook all Greece. After the defeat of the Persians, the Dodecanese became members of the Athenian Alliance in 408 B.C. and the three large towns of Rhodes united into one stale. More particularly, Kos prospered in the 4th and the 3rd century B.C. because of the school of "Medicine" founded there by HIPPOCRATES.
The Romans occupied the islands in 146 B.C. to be followed by the long Byzantine period till the time of the Crusaders.
In 1309 the Knights of the Order of Saint John became the rulers of Rhodes and then extended their sovereignty to the other islands as well.
In 1522 the islands were occupied by the Turks and in 1912 the Italians.
The islands of Dodecanese were united with Greece in 1948.
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