Hellespont: see Dardanelles Dardanelles or Çanakkale Boğazi , strait, c.40 mi (60 km) long and from 1 to 4 mi (1.6 to 6.4 km) wide, connecting the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara and separating the Gallipoli peninsula of European Turkey from Asian Turkey.
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Dardanelles

ancient Hellespont

Narrow strait between the peninsula of Gallipoli in Europe and the mainland of Turkey in Asia. Some 38 mi (61 km) long and 0.75–4 mi (1–6 km) wide, it links the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara. Strategically important from antiquity, the Dardanelles was defended by Troy from its position on the Asian side. In 480 BC the Persian Xerxes I crossed the strait to invade Greece; Alexander the Great also crossed it in 334 BC on his expedition against Persia. Held by the Roman Republic and Empire and the Byzantine Empire and later by the Ottoman Empire, it is of great strategic and economic importance as the gateway from the Black Sea to Istanbul and the Mediterranean Sea.

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No references found	Within the Hellespont we saw where the original first shoddy contract mentioned in history was carried out, and the "parties of the second part" gently rebuked by Xerxes. The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context Themistocles made Xerxes, king of Persia, post apace out of Grecia, by giving out, that the Grecians had a purpose to break his bridge of ships, which he had made athwart Hellespont. The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context Such are those to whom some state is given either for money or by the favour of him who bestows it; as happened to many in Greece, in the cities of Ionia and of the Hellespont, where princes were made by Darius, in order that they might hold the cities both for his security and his glory; as also were those emperors who, by the corruption of the soldiers, from being citizens came to empire. The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context	hellandite Hellas hellbender Helle hellebore Helleborus Hellen Hellenes Hellenic Hellenism Hellenistic Hellenistic Age Hellenistic civilization Hellenistic Culture Heller Heller's syndrome Heller's test Heller, Bert Heller, Joseph Heller, Maximilian Heller, Stephen Heller, Walter Heller, Yom Tov Helles Helles, Cape Hellespont Hellespontus Helleu, Paul César hellfire hellgrammite Hellín Hellman Hellman, Lillian Hellman-Feynman theorem hello packet hello, sailor! Hello, World Hells Canyon Hells Canyon National Recreation Area Hells Canyon Preservation Council Hells Canyon Scenic Byway Hells Gate State Park Helly's theorem Hellzapoppin helm helm roof helm wind Helmand Helmand River Helmer, Nora Helmer, Torvald	Heller's myotomy Heller's myotomy Heller's operation Heller's plexus Heller's plexus Heller's plexus Heller's syndrome Heller's syndrome Heller's test Heller, Bert Heller, Joseph Heller, Joseph Heller, Maximilian Heller, Stephen Heller, Walter Heller, Yom Tov Heller-Dor procedure helleri hellers hellers Hellerup Idrætsklub Hellerwork Hellerwork Hellerwork Structural Integration hellery Helles Helles Helles, Cape Helleseth-Gong Coding Sequence Helleseth-Kumar-Martinsen Coding Sequence Hellespont Hellespontine Hellespontus Helleu, Paul César hellfire hellfire hellfire hellfire Hellfire and damnation Hellfire and damnation! Hellfire Club Hellfire Fire-and-Forget Seeker Hellfire Ground Support System Hellfire Missile Equipment Hellfire Missile Launcher Hellforge Hellgamite Hellgate London Hellgate: London Hellgramite Hellgramite hellgrammiate hellgrammite hellgrammite hellgrammites hellgrammites Hellhag hellhole Hellholes hellhound Hellhounds

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Within the Hellespont we saw where the original first shoddy contract mentioned in history was carried out, and the "parties of the second part" gently rebuked by Xerxes.

The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

Themistocles made Xerxes, king of Persia, post apace out of Grecia, by giving out, that the Grecians had a purpose to break his bridge of ships, which he had made athwart Hellespont.

The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context

Such are those to whom some state is given either for money or by the favour of him who bestows it; as happened to many in Greece, in the cities of Ionia and of the Hellespont, where princes were made by Darius, in order that they might hold the cities both for his security and his glory; as also were those emperors who, by the corruption of the soldiers, from being citizens came to empire.

The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context

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