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It is believed that he came with the name “Europe” because of the Greek myth of the abduction of the princess Europa.

Europa was a really beautiful princess from the region where is nowadays Lebanon.
Zeus fell in love with her and transformed himself into a white bull, to get close to her.
He managed to abduct the princess and go to Crete, where she gave birth to the king Minos and other 2 children.

Every 9 years, Minos forced the king Aegeus, king of Attica and Athens, to send seven Athenian girls and boys to be eaten by the Minotaur inside the labyrinth.

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From Iberia, all the way to Slavia, up to Scandinavia and down to the Caucasus, there are many countries that consider themselves as European, but where does the name Europe comes from?

Greece is the origin of uncountable terms, names and words, including the region we know as Europe.

Ptolemy, a Greek-Egyptian mathematician and geographer from the 2nd century CE, created a map for the known-world and divided it into three parts: Europe, Asia and Libya (north Africa).

This map became very famous and was used across the continents, spreading Europe’s name.

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When the Persians regained control over Bandar Abbas from the Portuguese, it would not last, with the leadership of the city changing several times between the Persian, Omani, and British Empires. Though the city changed rulers, its culture remained Persian.

Comparatively small in population against the larger trading cities, Bandar Abbas had a cosmopolitan nature and is said to have had English, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Armenian, Georgian, Muscovite, Turkish, Arab, Indian, and Jewish merchants.

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