Samos

Samos is an ancient fertile island in the AEgean Sea, about 30 miles long and 8 wide, separated from the coast of Ionia, three-quarters of a mile wide. It had an extensive trade with Egypt and Crete. It came through various fortunes under the chief Powers of ancient and mediæval Europe till it became subject to Turkey. It had a capital of the same name, which in the fifth century BC was one of the finest cities in the world.

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Samothrace, Samoyedes, Sample, Sample Plot, Sample size