Editing Ios (section)

==History==
{{See also|History of the Cyclades}}

===Prehistory===
[[File:Skarkos Hill Settlement on Ios.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Skarkos]] hill]]

Ios from the prehistoric era and thanks to its safe natural harbour played an important role on the sea roads to Crete. The early Cycladic settlement on [[Skarkos]] hill and other prehistoric sites on the island have been found by archaeologists.<ref name="iosinfo.gr">{{cite web|url=http://www.iosinfo.gr/ios/iosistoria/index.html|title=Ίος Ιστορία|website=www.iosinfo.gr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301103751/http://www.iosinfo.gr/ios/iosistoria/index.html|archive-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
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Ios was under the influence of the [[Minoan civilisation|Minoan]] and then of the [[Mycenaean civilisation]]. The [[Phoenicians]] most likely arrived on the island and maintained their presence until the 9th century BC.

Ios became [[Ionians|Ionian]] at some point after, as testified by its membership in the [[Delian Amphictyony]].<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0063:entry=amphictyones-cn "Amphictyones" – ''A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities'' (1890)]</ref> From 534 BC the island paid taxes to [[Classical Athens|Athens]].<ref name="iosinfo.gr"/>

=== Classical and Hellenistic times ===
Ios was an important and strong city in [[Classical Greece|Classical]] and [[Hellenistic]] times. Its decline began with the Roman occupation, when it was used as a place for exile, and continued in Byzantine times. The island experienced a recovery at the time of the [[Duchy of Naxos]], but the Ottoman domination interrupted it. [[Palaiokastro, Ios|Palaiokastro]], a ruined [[Venice|Venetian]] castle from the 15th century lies on the northern part of the island.<ref name="iosinfo.gr"/> Ios was important enough in the [[Roman province]] of [[Insulae (Roman province)|Insulae]] to become a [[suffragan see]] of the [[Metropolis of Rhodes]], but later faded and disappeared.

===Numismatics===

During the 3rd and 2nd century BC as Ios became part of the league of the islanders, she minted her own coins, most of them can be found in the Berlin Archaeological Museum and British Museum. There are 28 known different coins. They depict [[Homer]], a palm tree or Athena, as she was worshiped on the island. Most of them had the writing ΙΗΤΩΝ meaning of the people of Ios.<ref>E Nesos Ios(Ios Island) by Theodoros Othonaios, Athens 1936 page 78</ref>

===Middle Ages===
[[Albanians]] settled in Ios either by invitation of the Crispi family or later in 1579 to repopulate the island as its inhabitants had been sold into slavery in 1558. The Albanians of Ios were linguistically assimilated in the second half of the 18th century as Greeks settled in the island.<ref name = T>Jochalas, Titos P. (1971): Über die Einwanderung der Albaner in Griechenland: Eine zusammenfassene Betrachtung ["On the immigration of Albanians to Greece: A summary"]. München: Trofenik. pg. 89–106.</ref>

===1820s===
Although Ios did not have a strong naval force, it was one of the first islands to raise the flag of revolution in when the [[Greek War of Independence]] began in 1821. Ios took part in the naval battle at [[Kuşadası]] on July 9, 1821, as well as in the [[Second National Assembly at Astros]] in 1823 and in the [[Third National Assembly at Troezen]] in 1827.

===Modern times===
In a modern era, the island began to emerge in the 1970s as an increasingly popular tourist destination for young people in Europe. Today Ios retains its reputation as an island of youth and entertainment, with excellent tourist infrastructure, an organised marina at its harbour and an adequate road network.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iosinfo.gr/ios/iosistoria/index.html |title=Ίος Ιστορία |access-date=2017-12-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301103751/http://www.iosinfo.gr/ios/iosistoria/index.html |archive-date=2017-03-01 }}</ref>

Ecclesiastically, its territory is now part of the [[Greek Orthodox]] Metropolis of Thera, Amorgos and the Islands of the [[Church of Greece]].