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The '''Melian Archipelago''' ({{{wp|Greek language|Istroyan}}: ''Πολιτεία Μηλίου Αρχιπελᾰ́γους'', {{wp|Lemnian language|Eteo-Melotic}}: ''Mêlūssoé Hīrianžoé Yaššukotànaī'', Coscivian: ''Meliax Èsoxorokéarita''), officially the '''Protectorate of the Seven Churches''' and more commonly known as the '''Melian Islands''', is a [[Kiravian federalism#Themes|special theme]] and {{wp|federated state}} of the [[Kiravian | The '''Melian Archipelago''' ({{{wp|Greek language|Istroyan}}: ''Πολιτεία Μηλίου Αρχιπελᾰ́γους'', {{wp|Lemnian language|Eteo-Melotic}}: ''Mêlūssoé Hīrianžoé Yaššukotànaī'', Coscivian: ''Meliax Èsoxorokéarita''), officially the '''Protectorate of the Seven Churches''' and more commonly known as the '''Melian Islands''', is a [[Kiravian federalism#Themes|special theme]] and {{wp|federated state}} of the [[Kiravia]]n [[Kiravian Collectivity|Collectivity]] situated between the [[Sea of Canete]] and [[Sea of Istroya]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===Early Christianity=== | ===Early Christianity=== | ||
The Melians were home to many early beachheads of Christianity. Major centres of growth of the new religion included [[Philadelphia]], [City 2], [City 3] and [City 4], [City 5], [City 6], [City 7], and [City 8], of which the first seven are traditionally held to correspond to the Seven Churches of Revelation. | |||
===Mediæval Era and Crusades=== | ===Mediæval Era and Crusades=== | ||
The Melian Islands were taken by the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] in 728, kicking off a century of large-scale invasions into eastern [[Sarpedon]], followed by subsequent campaigns by individual adventurers to establish their own Caliphate-tributary realms on Sarpedonian mainland. The collapsing authority of [[Caphiria]] during this period made the continent especially vulnerable. Due to the strategic location of the islands in the [[Sea of Istroya]] and prevailing winds, Caliphal campaigns were waged with relative logistic ease. By the middle of the 11th century, the entire ancient Istroyan world and eastern Sarpedon had been conquered by the Caliphate. The dynastic feuding and civil wars of the Caliphate beginning in the 11th century lead to the destruction of Christian holy sites in the Melian Islands, enraging the Christian world and leading to social and political calls for retaliation. | The Melian Islands were taken by the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] in 728, kicking off a century of large-scale invasions into eastern [[Sarpedon]], followed by subsequent campaigns by individual adventurers to establish their own Caliphate-tributary realms on Sarpedonian mainland. The collapsing authority of [[Caphiria]] during this period made the continent especially vulnerable. Due to the strategic location of the islands in the [[Sea of Istroya]] and prevailing winds, Caliphal campaigns were waged with relative logistic ease. By the middle of the 11th century, the entire ancient Istroyan world and eastern Sarpedon had been conquered by the Caliphate. The dynastic feuding and civil wars of the Caliphate beginning in the 11th century lead to the destruction of Christian holy sites in the Melian Islands, enraging the Christian world and leading to social and political calls for retaliation. | ||