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A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.
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The isthmus is also important in another way.
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narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
The isthmus is also important in another way.
Die landengte is ook in ’n ander opsig belangrik.
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The peninsula is joined to Tahiti by an isthmus.
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A prominent feature of Lake Nicaragua is the island of Ometepe, a lush landmass with two massive volcano cones joined by an isthmus
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Toward the end of the seventh century B.C.E., when plans to build a canal failed, Periander, the ruler of Corinth, built an ingenious means for shipping across the isthmus.
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For centuries, in Olympia, Delphi, and Nemea and on the Isthmus of Corinth, grand athletic events were held with the “blessing” of the gods and under the gaze of thousands of spectators.
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Toward the beginning of this century, work began on the huge canal that cuts through the center of this narrow isthmus country, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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Called the Isthmus of Corinth, it links the Peloponnesian peninsula in the south to the main part of the country to the north.
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It is served by two ports, or harbors, one on each side of the narrow isthmus —Lechaeum on the west and Cenchreae on the east.
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Forts were built on the isthmus between Recife and Olinda to deter subsequent attacks but to little avail.
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3 In the first century, the Greek geographer Strabo wrote: “Corinth is called ‘wealthy’ because of its commerce, since it is situated on the Isthmus and is master of two harbours, of which the one leads straight to Asia, and the other to Italy; and it makes easy the exchange of merchandise from both countries.”
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About 16 miles [25 km] long and 8 miles [13 km] wide, Ometepe is made up of two volcanoes connected by an isthmus.
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Corinth benefited from east-west harbor traffic and the tolls exacted for transporting freight and small ships across the isthmus along the shipway the Greeks called the diʹol·kos.
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Why did sailors prefer the land route across the isthmus?
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It is one of the seven nations that form Central America, including the Isthmus of Panama, the land link between Mexico in North America and Colombia in South America. —See map, page 17.
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Located on an isthmus between continental Greece and the Peloponnisos, Corinth was the capital of the Roman province of Achaia and had an estimated population of 400,000.
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In 1969 Spain’s Franco regime closed the border at the narrow isthmus connecting Spain and Gibraltar.
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In the mid-1800’s, gold seekers rushed to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama.
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I WAS born in 1930, in Aggelokastro, a village about 12 miles [20 km] from the port of Cenchreae, on the east side of the Isthmus of Corinth, where a congregation of true Christians was established in the first century. —Acts 18:18; Romans 16:1.
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The isthmus is also important in another way.
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Smaller crafts were hauled across the isthmus through a trackway, called the diolkos. —See box on page 27.
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The two discuss ways of reaching the Spice Islands by going southwest, through el paso—a strait rumored to cut through South America—and then across the ocean that Balboa recently discovered when he traversed the Panamanian isthmus.
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Sharing the Isthmus of Tehuantepec with the Chontal are the Huave and Zapotec, who dress similarly; yet, somehow local residents can tell a woman’s extraction by her outfit.
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* Situated on the narrow isthmus between the Peloponnesus and continental Greece, Corinth commanded the land route to the mainland.
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The same is true of Corinth’s other port, the harbor of Lechaeum, on the western side of the isthmus.
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