- Eordea
:"Eordea" is also a spider genus (
Linyphiidae ).Eordea (Greek: Εορδαία, rarely Eordaia, Latin: Eordaia) is a province in northern
Greece . It is part ofWestern Macedonia and more specifically is located in the prefecture of Kozani. Eordea borders the province of Kozani to the south, the prefectures ofKastoria to the northwest, the prefectures of Florina to the north,Pella to the northeast.Imathia to the east. The capital of Eordea isPtolemaida , which is a well-developed industrialcity most known for itspower plant s which are run by thePublic Power Corporation (also calledDEI ).History
In archaic Greek, Eordea comes from the
Pelasgian word "Eorda", which means "Mother Earth " and is the ancient name given to that region because of the fertility of its soil. The history of Eordea can be found stretching long before 3000 BCE when the firstGreeks known as theAeolians andArcadians began to inhabit this area. Remnants of the exploited copper mines from 2700 up until 1200 BCE indicate strongly that theGreeks inhabited Eordea for thousands of years. Iron mines have also been exploited in the Eordean region.Ptolemaida is the capital of the province of Eordea that is located in the prefecture Kozani of western Macedonia, with over 40,000 inhabitants. The capitolPtolemaida (Πτολεμαΐδα in Greek), was named after Ptolemy the first of Eordea born in the year 337 BCE and famously known as a distinguished General of Alexander the Great. After the death ofAlexander the Great in 323 BCE, Ptolemy is known in antiquity as the founder of thePtolemaic dynasty ofAlexandria inEgypt , which thrived until the death ofCleopatra the last reigningPharaoh of Egypt.Fact|date=February 2008Recent discoveries
Within a 50-year period, paleontologists and archaeologists have made many discoveries due to the industrial development of the Eordean countryside. In particular, the skeletal
fossils of a prehistoric mammoth, a prehistoricelephant , andStone Age tools have all been found within the province of Eordea. These finds add to knowledge on the variety of animal species and human artifacts in this particular region of western Macedonia.Fact|date=February 2008Football
Eordaikos , the historicfootball club of West Macedonia was named after.
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