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  achaea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Achaea or Achaia is a district on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, stretching from the mountain ranges of Erymanthus and Cyllene on the south to a narrow strip of fertile land on the north, bordering the Corinthian Gulf, into which the mountain Panachaicus (1,902 m, the northernmost mountain range in the Peloponnese) projects.
Achaea is bounded on the west by the territory of Elis, on the east by that of Sicyon, which, however, was sometimes included in it.
Achaea today has about one-third of its inhabitants living in the Patra(s) area which is the capital of Achaea and the Peloponnese, and more than half of the population live in the city (municipality).
www.yourencyclopedia.net /achaea.html   (802 words)

  
 Read about Achaea at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Achaea and learn about Achaea here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Achaea (uh-kee-uh) or Achaia (uk-eye-uh) (Greek: Αχαα) is a province on the northern coast of the
Achaea is bounded on the west by the territory of Elis, on the east by that of
Patra(s) area which is the capital of Achaea and the Peloponnese, and more than half of the population live in the city (municipality).
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Achaea   (832 words)

  
 Achaea - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Achaea (uh-kee-uh) or Achaia (uk-eye-uh) is a district on the northern coast of the
Peloponnese, stretching from the mountain ranges of Erymanthus and Cyllene on the south to a narrow strip of fertile land on the north, bordering the Gulf of Corinth, into which the mountain Panachaicus (1,902 m, the northernmost mountain range in the Peloponnese) projects.
Achaea is bounded on the west by the territory of
www.world-knowledge-encyclopedia.com /?t=Achaea   (808 words)

  
 Achaea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Achaea was originally settled by Greeks of Russian stock.
The origin of the name has given rise to much speculation; one theory is that the Achaeans were driven back into this region by the Dorian invaders of the Peloponnese.
Achaea is the most populous area in the Peloponnese peninsula, home to nearly one-third of the inhabitants of the peninsula.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Achaia   (766 words)

  
 Achaea -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Achaea is bounded on the west by the territory of (additional info and facts about Elis) Elis, on the east by that of (additional info and facts about Sicyon) Sicyon, which, however, was sometimes included in it.
Another Achaea, in the south of (A fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece) Thessaly, called sometimes Achaea Phthiotis, has been supposed to be the cradle of the race.
Achaea today has about one-third of its peninsula's inhabitants and two-thirds of Achaia living in the (additional info and facts about Patra(s)) Patra(s) area which is the capital of Achaea and the Peloponnese, and more than half of the population live in the city (municipality).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ac/achaea.htm   (1149 words)

  
 Achaea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, one theory is that the Achaeans were driven to this region by the Dorian invaders of the Peloponnese.
Another Achaea, in the south of Thessaly, called sometimes Achaea Phthiotis, has been suggested to be the cradle of the original tribe.
Achaea today has about one-third of its peninsula's inhabitants and two-thirds of Achaia living in the Patra(s) area which is the capital of Achaea and the Peloponnese, and more than half of the population live in the city (municipality).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Achaea   (961 words)

  
 saravali   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Saravali (Greek: Σαράβαλι, before the 1970s, -ον, Saraválion)is a community located 6 km SE of the centre and a suburb of Patras, Greece, north of Ovrya, northeast of Mintilogi and 9 km W of the Iera Moni Omplou/Omplos Monastery.
The community is in the northern part of the municipality of Messatidi.
The neighboring communities are Petroto in the north, Demenika in the west (but for the community, downtown Demenika) and Krini in the south along with a mountain of Omplos in the east.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /saravali.html   (290 words)

  
 Demenika - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Demenika (Greek: Δεμένικα) is a community 5 km south of downtown in south suburban Patras that is divided into two municipalities.
The community was dominated by agriculturalism with olive groves, pastures, and mixed farming used to dominate the land.
Most of the land was used for farming until the 1970s and the 1980s when mixed or urban area is the majority of the community, the rest are agrigultural purposes mainly founded in the southeast.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demenika   (216 words)

  
 Roitika biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Roitika (Greek: Ροίτικα) is a community that is located in the municipality of Vrachnaiika, and south of Paralia which forms a boundary to its north and east.
The population is around 2,000 and has a train station and a beach which is 200 m away from the highway.
The neighboring communities are Paralia to the north, Mintilogli to the east, Vrachnaiika to the south and Monodendri to the west.
roitika.biography.ms   (211 words)

  
 Achaea - Dreams of Divine Lands
Secretive and powerful, Occultists have existed in Achaea since even before the founding of the Seleucarian Empire, researching and practicing mysterious arts in their historical home city of Ashtan.
An offshoot of the class of Druids early in the modern age, the Sentinels are equally as devoted to the protection of the forests of Achaea.
Although many consider themselves part of communities beyond that of the forestal community, their love of the forests is still the defining trait of a Sentinel.
www.achaea.com /classes.htm   (3357 words)

  
 ACHAEAN LEAGUE - LoveToKnow Article on ACHAEAN LEAGUE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Standing isolated on their narrow strips of plain, these towns were always exposed to the raids of pirates issuing from the.recesses of the north coast of the Corinthian Gulf.
About 288 Antigonus Gonatas dissolved the league, which had furnished a useful base for pretenders against Cassander's regency; but by 280 four towns combined again, and before long the ten surviving cities'of Achaea had renewed their federation.
Augustus instituted an Achaean synod comprising the dependent cities of Peloponnese and central Greece; this body sat at Argos and acted as guardian of Hellenic sentiment.
25.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AC/ACHAEAN_LEAGUE.htm   (1047 words)

  
 iB::Topic::Achaea on TechTv!
The developers of Achaea created a highly addictive drug called 'gleam.' And people took the drug without realizing it was addictive.
Achaea: A  C  H  A  E  A. It's free, works on all platforms, has a java client, makes it very easy to play.
What Achaea got was publicity, and granted, they are commercial, I'm sure if someone wanted too they could get a non-commercial mud on a TV advertisement too.
www.topmudsites.com /cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST&f=14&t=293   (1230 words)

  
 Medieval Europe By H.W.C. Davis,M.A.- Chapter 10 from Nalanda Digital Library at NIT Calicut
If an industrial community, here and there a Milan or a Ghent, succeeds in asserting political independence, the phenomenon is regarded as anomalous and revolutionary; still graver is the head-shaking when mere peasants, like the Swiss, throw off what is called their natural allegiance.
The nobles received new fiefs; the burghers flocked into the cities evacuated by the Moors, or were encouraged, by large grants of privileges, to build new cities; round the cities clustered communities of peasants, who joyfully exchanged the barren security of the northern uplands for the risks and the prizes of the river valleys.
Achaea, after years of ignominious subjection to the Angevins of Naples, was similarly conquered by the Company of Navarre (1380).
www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/medieval/chapter10.html   (5964 words)

  
 Achaea articles and news from Start Learning Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
However, one theory is that the Achaeans were driven to this region by the Dorian invasionDorian invaders of the Peloponnese.
In Ancient Rome times the name of the Achaea (province)province of Achaea was given to the whole of Greece, except Thessaly, Epirus, and Acarnania.
Achaea today has about one-third of its peninsula's inhabitants and two-thirds of Achaia living in the PatraPatra(s) area which is the capital of Achaea and the Peloponnese, and more than half of the population live in the city (municipality).
www.startlearningnow.com /Achaea.htm   (1125 words)

  
 Patra - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Patra (Greek: Modern: Πάτρα, Ancient: Πάτραι, Pátrai) is the third largest city of Greece, and also the capital of the Achaea region of Greece.
Patra, or Patras, is located in the southwest part of Greece in Peloponnesos.
About 3,127 live outside the commune of Patras, they are Moira, Souli and Ekilistra along with areas in the Panachaicus range.
open-encyclopedia.com /Patrae   (827 words)

  
 The Cesspit. | Home of the fool (on a hill)
Many tried to define such a word ("communication", not "learning"), most of the times peoples tend to focus on a single aspect, like: "something moving from a subject to another".
After all the source could have a precise aim when it sends its message, perhaps the source is a politician willingly to seduce his audience so that everyone agrees with him and votes for him.
Peoples define the communication focusing on different aspects because they point what they see on a precise moment and it's very hard to draw a synthesis form all that to deduce a single and complete definition able to embrace all the possible aspects.
www.cesspit.net /drupal/node?from=780   (7185 words)

  
 ACHAEAN LEAGUE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
ACHAEAN LEAGUE, a confederation of the ancient towns of Achaea.
Standing isolated on their narrow strips of plain, these towns were always exposed to the raids of pirates issuing from the recesses of the north coast of the Corinthian Gulf.
Philopoemen (q.v.) transferred the seat of assembly from town to town by rotation, and placed dependent communities on an equal footing with their former suzerains.
simplestartpage.com /2301_ACHAEAN_LEAGUE.HTML   (1038 words)

  
 RPG News - Role-Playing Game News, Press, Interviews, Fan sites, Headlines, and all the scoop.
Achaea LLC, a California based independent developer and publisher of text-based massively multiplayer games today announced a change of name, to Iron Realms Entertainment.
We have a game called Achaea and got tired of having to refer the game and company as Achaea-the-game and Achaea-the-company," said Matt Mihaly, CEO of Iron Realms.
Founded in 1997, its main focus is the development of games with depth and a focus on competitive communities.
www.rpgnews.com /article.php?sid=2617   (262 words)

  
 Lost Garden: A Game Business Model: Learning from Touring Bands
The result is a self-contained community served by small team of dedicated independent developers.
The communities tend to be a bit more friendly and insular then their larger city-sized brethren such as Everquest or World of Warcraft.
Achaea has the issue that its development was near-null for a long time, but has an ungodly number of players that have invested too much time (and real money- some players have spent *OVER* 200k on it) to switch to another one.
lostgarden.com /2005/10/game-business-model-learning-from.html   (7014 words)

  
 Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.09.58
Moreover, the family of a Samaritan from Palestine was hardly likely to favor the use of consular dating in view of the strained relations between the Roman imperial government and the Samaritan communities in Palestine.
Since the inscription proclaims that the young woman has lived well during her 27 years she must have been a native of the area where she was buried, unmarried and childless.
Dated somewhere between the fourth and the sixth centuries CE this inscription hints at the existence of a Samaritan synagogue in Thessalonike and of a community that used not the Hebrew Pentateuch, as did the Palestinian Samaritans, but a Greek (LXX?) translation, as did indeed the Jews of the Diaspora.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2005/2005-09-58.html   (1680 words)

  
 GREEK - Online Information article about GREEK
Achaea begins under the Achaean League in the time of Epaminondas, with a fine Aeginetic stater and smaller coins in the name of the See also:
Olympia, and the coinage is rather the money of Olympia than of the Eleans as a civic community.
On Alexander's conquest autonomy is granted to the much-enduring Hellenic communities, and is.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /GRA_GUI/GREEK.html   (5953 words)

  
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William had been captured by John, brother of the Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus, in 1259 and was ransomed with the cession of Laconia to the Romans in 1261 (beginning the Despotate of the Morea).
At the death of Isabella, Philip II of Taranto, a son of Charles II was then able to set aside her second husband, Philip of Savoy, and her daughter, Matilda, and return Achaea to the Anjevians.
The enjoyment of the Greeks in recovering Achaea, however, was shortlived, since Thomas and Catherine fled the Ottoman Conquest in 1460.
www.friesian.com /outremer.htm   (13900 words)

  
 Survey Research
Survey of directors of psychology training clinics to understand and communicate trends in applied practicum training in clinical, counseling, and school psychology doctoral programs in the United States and Canada.
The study will explore public relations practitioners’ perceptions on the public relations role in the marketing brand development process vs. their perceptions of other communication tools.
In this survey, we are examining the match-up hypothesis and the effectiveness of spokespeople in advertisement.
www.questionpro.com /academic/AcademicUpgrade.html   (6831 words)

  
 Achaea - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
See Achaea (province) for the province of the Roman empire.
See AchaeaMud for the MUD created by Iron Realms Entertainment.
The population in 2001 has almost reached 300,000.
open-encyclopedia.com /Achaea   (803 words)

  
 Early Greek States Beyond the Polis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
New interpretations are necessary to make the results of these excavations useful for understanding the formation of the polis.
The questions she has posed, about "the different kinds of identities to which communities could attach political salience" are at the core of all modern studies of the polis.
Even so, her survey, though massively detailed and interlaced with the relevant anthropological theories, remains both unfocused and inconclusive.
www.booksmatter.com /b0415089964.htm   (203 words)

  
 Aigeira
Aigeira, Aigira or Aegira (Greek: Αιγείρα, older: Αίγειρα), also Egira, Eyira, Aiyira is a community located about 500 m SW of the Gulf of Corinth in the northeastern part of the prefecture of Achaea.
The community has a school, a gymnasium, a church, a post office and a(plateia).
The city was destroyed when Achaea became part of the Roman Empire.
www.mlahanas.de /Greece/Cities/Aigeira.html   (495 words)

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