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Mandrocles was an ancient Greek engineer from Samos who built a pontoon bridge over the Bosporus for King Darius I to conquer Thrace. Mandrocles dedicated a painting, depicting the bridging of the straits, to goddess Hera in the Heraion of Samos, commemorating his achievement.

Samos Regional unit in North Aegean, Greece

Samos is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese, and off the coast of Asia Minor, from which it is separated by the 1.6-kilometre (1.0 mi)-wide Mycale Strait. It is also a separate regional unit of the North Aegean region, and the only municipality of the regional unit.

Pontoon bridge Type of bridge

A pontoon bridge, also known as a floating bridge, uses floats or shallow-draft boats to support a continuous deck for pedestrian and vehicle travel. The buoyancy of the supports limits the maximum load they can carry.

Bosporus strait that forms part of the boundary between Europe and Asia

The Bosporus or Bosphorus is a narrow, natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in northwestern Turkey. It forms part of the continental boundary between Europe and Asia, and divides Turkey by separating Anatolia from Thrace. The world's narrowest strait used for international navigation, the Bosporus connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, and, by extension via the Dardanelles, the Aegean and Mediterranean seas.

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Samos Prefecture Former prefecture in North Aegean, Greece

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Samos (satellite) satellite

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Vathy, Samos Place in Greece

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Bosphorus Bridge Bridge on Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey

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Samo, Calabria Comune in Calabria, Italy

Samo is a small town and comune located in the Province of Reggio Calabria, southern Italy. Samo has a population of 1,090 but this increases seasonally. Samo is about 10 kilometres (6 mi) inland and about 390 metres (1,280 ft) above sea level. It is located at the foot of Aspromonte National Park.

Samiopoula island in Greece

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Samos International Airport airport on Samos Island, Greece

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North Aegean islands island group

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Butchers Bridge

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Samo language (Burkina) language

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Harpalus or Harpalos is a name reported by modern historical books as the engineer who built the pontoon bridge over the Hellespont for Xerxes in 480 BC. The primary source Herodotus (7.34-36) gives no specific name, except the following information:

Grain Bridge

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Samos (theme) Byzantine district (theme)

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Samo, also known as Daba, Nomad, and Supei, is a Trans–New Guinea language of New Guinea, spoken in the plains east of the Strickland River in Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It has switch-reference marking for the subject of a clause.

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Military-Political System of Samos

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Pavlos Mousouros was the Ottoman-appointed Prince of Samos from 1866 to 1873.

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