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 ==External links==
 * [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.164246,27.917633&spn=0.664055,0.936722&t=k&hl=en Satellite picture by Google Maps]
 *[http://www.losttrails.com/pages/Hproject/Rhodes/Rhodes.html photo-essay on the archaeology of Rhodes]
-*[http://www.rhodesholidays.net Rhodes accommodation]

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	*[http://www.losttrails.com/pages/Hproject/Rhodes/Rhodes.html photo-essay on the archaeology of Rhodes]		*[http://www.losttrails.com/pages/Hproject/Rhodes/Rhodes.html photo-essay on the archaeology of Rhodes]
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 In [[164 BC]], Rhodes signed a treaty with Rome, and became a major schooling center for Roman noble families, and was especially noted for its teachers of rhetoric, such as [[Hermagoras]] and the author of the Rhetorica ad Herennium. At first the state was an important ally of Rome and enjoyed numerous privileges, but these were later lost in various machinations of Roman politics. Cassius eventually invaded the island and sacked the city.
-In the [[1st century]] AD, the Emperor Tiberius spent a brief exile on Rhodes, and Saint Paul brought Christianity to the island. In [[297]], the long [[Byzantine Empire]] period began for Rhodes, when the Roman empire was split and the eastern half became a Greek empire. Although part of Byzantium for the next thousand years, it was nevertheless repeatedly attacked by various forces. It was first occupied by Muslim forces of Muawiyah I in [[672]]. Much later Rhodes was retrieved for the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] Emperor [[Alexius I Comnenus]] during the First Crusade.
+In the [[1st century]] AD, the Emperor Tiberius spent a brief exile on Rhodes, and [[Saint Paul]] brought Christianity to the island. In [[297]], the long [[Byzantine Empire]] period began for Rhodes, when the Roman empire was split and the eastern half became a Greek empire. Although part of Byzantium for the next thousand years, it was nevertheless repeatedly attacked by various forces. It was first occupied by Muslim forces of Muawiyah I in [[672]]. Much later Rhodes was retrieved for the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] Emperor [[Alexius I Comnenus]] during the First Crusade.
 In [[1309]] the Byzantine era came to an end when the island was taken by forces of the [[Knights Hospitaller]]. Under the rule of the newly named '''Knights of Rhodes''', the city was rebuilt into a model of the European mediaeval ideal. Many of the city's famous monuments, including the '''Palace of the Grand Master''', were built in this period.
-The strong walls which the Knights had built withstood the attacks of the [[Sultan]] of Egypt in [[1444]] and of [[Mehmed II]] in [[1480]]. Finally, however, Rhodes fell to the large army of Suleiman the Magnificent in December [[1522]]. The few remaining Knights were permitted to retire to Malta, and the island was a possession of the Ottoman Empire for nearly four centuries.
+The strong walls which the Knights had built withstood the attacks of the Sultan of Egypt in [[1444]] and of [[Mehmed II]] in [[1480]]. Finally, however, Rhodes fell to the large army of Suleiman the Magnificent in December [[1522]]. The few remaining Knights were permitted to retire to Malta, and the island was a possession of the Ottoman Empire for nearly four centuries.
 In [[1912]], Rhodes was seized from the Turks by the Italians, and in [[1947]], together with the other islands of the [[Dodecanese]], was united with Greece. It thus bypassed many of the events associated with the "exchange of the minorities" between Greece and Turkey.

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 == History ==
-The island was inhabited in the [[Neolithic]] period, although little remains of this culture. In the [[16th century BC]] the [[Minoans]] came to Rhodes, and later Greek mythography recalled a Rhodian race they called the [[Telchines]], and associated Rhodes with [[Danaus]]; it was sometimes nicknamed ''Telchinis''. In the [[15th century BC|15th century]] the [[Achaeans]] invaded. It was, however, in the [[11th century BC|11th century]] that the island started to flourish, with the coming of the [[Dorians]]. It was the Dorians who later built the three important cities of [[Lindos]], [[Ialyssos]] and [[Kameiros]], which together with [[Kos]], [[Cnidus]] and [[Halicarnassus]] (on the mainland) made up the so-called [[Dorian Hexapolis]].
+The island was inhabited in the Neolithic period, although little remains of this culture. In the [[16th century BC]] the [[Minoans]] came to Rhodes, and later Greek mythography recalled a Rhodian race they called the [[Telchines]], and associated Rhodes with [[Danaus]]; it was sometimes nicknamed ''Telchinis''. In the [[15th century BC|15th century]] the [[Achaeans]] invaded. It was, however, in the [[11th century BC|11th century]] that the island started to flourish, with the coming of the [[Dorians]]. It was the Dorians who later built the three important cities of [[Lindos]], [[Ialyssos]] and [[Kameiros]], which together with [[Kos]], [[Cnidus]] and [[Halicarnassus]] (on the mainland) made up the so-called [[Dorian Hexapolis]].
 In [[Pindar]]'s ode, the island was said to be born of the union of [[Helios]] the sun god and the nymph [[Rhode]], and the cities were named for their three sons. The ''rhoda'' is a pink hibiscus native to the island.
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-In [[164 BC]], Rhodes signed a treaty with Rome, and became a major schooling center for Roman noble families, and was especially noted for its teachers of rhetoric, such as [[Hermagoras]] and the author of the [[Rhetorica ad Herennium]]. At first the state was an important ally of Rome and enjoyed numerous privileges, but these were later lost in various machinations of Roman politics. Cassius eventually invaded the island and sacked the city.
+In [[164 BC]], Rhodes signed a treaty with Rome, and became a major schooling center for Roman noble families, and was especially noted for its teachers of rhetoric, such as [[Hermagoras]] and the author of the Rhetorica ad Herennium. At first the state was an important ally of Rome and enjoyed numerous privileges, but these were later lost in various machinations of Roman politics. Cassius eventually invaded the island and sacked the city.
-In the [[1st century]] AD, the Emperor [[Tiberius]] spent a brief exile on Rhodes, and Saint Paul brought Christianity to the island. In [[297]], the long [[Byzantine Empire]] period began for Rhodes, when the [[Roman empire]] was split and the eastern half became a Greek empire. Although part of Byzantium for the next thousand years, it was nevertheless repeatedly attacked by various forces. It was first occupied by Muslim forces of Muawiyah I in [[672]]. Much later Rhodes was retrieved for the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] Emperor [[Alexius I Comnenus]] during the First Crusade.
+In the [[1st century]] AD, the Emperor Tiberius spent a brief exile on Rhodes, and Saint Paul brought Christianity to the island. In [[297]], the long [[Byzantine Empire]] period began for Rhodes, when the Roman empire was split and the eastern half became a Greek empire. Although part of Byzantium for the next thousand years, it was nevertheless repeatedly attacked by various forces. It was first occupied by Muslim forces of Muawiyah I in [[672]]. Much later Rhodes was retrieved for the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] Emperor [[Alexius I Comnenus]] during the First Crusade.
 In [[1309]] the Byzantine era came to an end when the island was taken by forces of the [[Knights Hospitaller]]. Under the rule of the newly named '''Knights of Rhodes''', the city was rebuilt into a model of the European mediaeval ideal. Many of the city's famous monuments, including the '''Palace of the Grand Master''', were built in this period.
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 The strong walls which the Knights had built withstood the attacks of the [[Sultan]] of Egypt in [[1444]] and of [[Mehmed II]] in [[1480]]. Finally, however, Rhodes fell to the large army of Suleiman the Magnificent in December [[1522]]. The few remaining Knights were permitted to retire to Malta, and the island was a possession of the Ottoman Empire for nearly four centuries.
-In [[1912]], Rhodes was seized from the Turks by the Italians, and in [[1947]], together with the other islands of the [[Dodecanese]], was united with Greece. It thus bypassed many of the events associated with the [[Population transfer|"exchange of the minorities"]] between Greece and Turkey.
+In [[1912]], Rhodes was seized from the Turks by the Italians, and in [[1947]], together with the other islands of the [[Dodecanese]], was united with Greece. It thus bypassed many of the events associated with the "exchange of the minorities" between Greece and Turkey.
 Throughout much of its history Rhodes had a thriving Jewish Community. During [[World War II]] Nazi Germany occupied the island and deported the Jews. Most ended up dying in various concentration camps. A remnant of the Jewish community survives in Rhodes. The [http://www.rhodesjewishmuseum.org/ Rhodes Jewish Museum] maintains a history of the community. Descendants of the "Rhodeslies" now have communities in various parts of the U.S., Europe and Africa.

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 ==External links==
-{{commonspar|Category:Rhodes}}
 * [http://www.rhodesguide.com RhodesGuide.com]
 * [http://www.Go12Islands.com Go12Islands.com - photographic tour of Rhodes island and the Dodecanese island complex]

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 In [[408 BC]] the cities united to form one territory, and built a new capital on the northern end of the island, the [[Rhodes (city)|city of Rhodes]]: its regular plan was superintended  by the Athenian architect [[Hippodamus]]. However the Peloponnesian War had so weakened the entire Greek culture that it lay open to invasion. In [[357 BC]] the island was conquered by Mausolus of Halicarnassus, then fell to the Persians [[340 BC]]. But their rule was also short and Rhodes became a part of the growing empire of [[Alexander the Great]] in [[332 BC]] after he defeated the Persians, to the great relief of the citizens of Rhodes.
-With the death of Alexander his generals fought for control. Three of them, [[Ptolemy]], [[Seleucus]], and [[Antigonus]], succeeded in dividing the kingdom among themselves. Rhodes formed strong commercial and cultural ties with the Ptolemies in [[Alexandria]], and together they formed the Rhodo-Egyptian alliance which controlled trade throughout the Aegean in the 3rd century BC. The city developed into a maritime, commercial and cultural center and its coins were in circulation almost everywhere in the Mediterranean. Its famous schools of philosophy and science, literature and rhetoric, shared masters with Alexandria: the Athenian rhetorician [[Aeschines]] who formed a school at Rhodes; [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], the astronomers [[Hipparchus (astronomer)|Hipparchus]] and Geminus, the rhetorician [[Dionysios Trax]]. Its school of sculptors developed a rich, dramatic style that can be characterized as "[[Hellenistic]] Baroque".
+With the death of Alexander his generals fought for control. Three of them, [[Ptolemy I of Egypt|Ptolemy]], [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]], and [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]], succeeded in dividing the kingdom among themselves. Rhodes formed strong commercial and cultural ties with the Ptolemies in [[Alexandria]], and together they formed the Rhodo-Egyptian alliance which controlled trade throughout the Aegean in the 3rd century BC. The city developed into a maritime, commercial and cultural center and its coins were in circulation almost everywhere in the Mediterranean. Its famous schools of philosophy and science, literature and rhetoric, shared masters with Alexandria: the Athenian rhetorician [[Aeschines]] who formed a school at Rhodes; [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], the astronomers [[Hipparchus (astronomer)|Hipparchus]] and Geminus, the rhetorician [[Dionysios Trax]]. Its school of sculptors developed a rich, dramatic style that can be characterized as "[[Hellenistic]] Baroque".
 In [[305 BC]], Antigonus had his son besiege Rhodes in an attempt to break the alliance. After a year they gave up and signed a peace agreement in [[304 BC]], leaving behind a huge store of military equipment. The Rhodians sold the equipment and used the money to erect a statue of their sun god, [[Helios]], the statue now known as the [[Colossus of Rhodes]].