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== Etymology of the name ==
The [[Greeks]] named the region after its inhabitants, the [[Tauri]]. As the Tauri inhabited only mountainous regions of southern Crimea at first the name Tauris was used only to this southern part, but later it was extended to name the whole peninsula.
Sometimes Taurica is referred to as ''Tauric Chersonese'' or ''Chersonesus Taurica''. This name is Greek for the "Tauric peninsula" (''Chersonese'' literally means "peninsula"). This variant of the name should not be confused with the city of [[Chersonesos]].
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''See the plot of [[Iphigeneia in Tauris]] for more details.''
== Chronology ==
[[Image:KulObaTreasure.jpg|thumb|The Scythian treasure of [[Kul-Oba]], in eastern Crimea.]]
Taurica was inhabited by a variety of peoples. The inland regions were inhabited by [[Scythians]] and the mountainous south coast by the [[Taures]], an offshoot of the [[Cimmerians]]. Greek settlers inhabited a number of colonies along the coast of the peninsula, notably the city of [[Chersonesos]] near modern [[Sevastopol]].
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