Rhodes (Ρόδος)Andrew Simon

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History

Inhabited since Neolithic Period

Dorians build first major cities in 16th century BC

Joined Athenian League after Persian War

Antiquity

Island united in 408 BC to build Rhodes City

After Alexander’s death, Antigonus ruled

Eventually under Roman, Byzantine empires

Medieval

Knights Hospitaller built Grand Palace

Fell to Ottomans

Knights retired to Sicily

Modern

Assigned to Italy after Treaty of Lausanne

Gestapo sent every Jewish Rhodian to concentration camp

1947, joined the rest of Greece

Colossus of Rhodes