History of the Cyclades 6th century BC). The Persians tried to take them during their attempts to conquer Greece. Then they entered into Athens' orbit with the Delian Leagues. The Hellenistic kingdoms disputed their status while Delos became a great commercial power. Commercial activities were pursued during the Roman and Byzantine Empires, yet they were sufficiently prosperous as to attract pirates' attention. The participants of the Fourth Crusade divided the Byzantine Empire among themselves and the Cyclades entered the Venetian orbit. Western feudal lords created a certain number of fiefs, of which the Duchy of Naxos was the most important. The Duchy was conquered
Wiikwemkoong First Nation Wiikwemkoong First Nation The Wiikwemkoong First Nation is a First Nation on Manitoulin Island in northern Ontario. The Wiikwemkoong Unceded Reserve (nick named Wiiki, previously named Wikwemikong) is the First Nation reserve in the north-eastern section of Manitoulin Island in Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada. Wiikwemkoong is an unceded Indian reserve in Canada, which means that it has not "relinquished title to its land to the government by treaty or otherwise." The local Ojibwe placename is "wiikwemkong" (Manitoulin dialect; notice the vowel dropping) with the locative "-ong" ('at') form of "wiikwemik" 'bay with a gently sloping bottom'. The spelling Wikwemikong is