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StremmaThe '''stremma''' (, plural στρέμματα) is a Greece|Greek unit of land area, equal to 1000 square metres, also called the 'royal' stremma. The name comes from a root meaning 'to turn', presumably referring to the amount of land that can be plowed/turned in a day.[Λεξικό της κοινής Νεοελληνικής (Dictionary of Modern Greek), Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών, Θεσσαλονίκη, 1998. ISBN 960-231-085-5]
The "old", "Turkish", or "Ottoman" stremma was approximately 1270 m² (Λεξικό, 1998): it was the Greek name of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman dönüm,[Λεξικό] which was in turn based on the Byzantine stremma (see below). But Lapavitsas uses the value of 1600 m² for the region of Naoussa in the early 20th century.[Costas Lapavitsas, "Social and Economic Underpinning of Industrial Development: Evidence from Ottoman Macedonia", ''Ηλεκτρονικό Δελτίο Οικονομικής Ιστορίας'' http://www.hdoisto.gr/Keimena/Lapavitsas4112005.pdf]
The medieval or Morean stremma was different, somewhere between 900 and 1900 m², depending on the period and perhaps even the type of land.[Siriol Davis, "Pylos Regional Archaeological Project, Part VI: administration and settlement in Venetian Navarino", ''Hesperia'', Winter, 2004 http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0SDG/is_1_73/ai_n13493303/pg_17]
The Byzantine stremma was defined as 100 square pous|Greek feet or 40 pace (unit of length)|Greek paces. It is likely the ancestor of the Ottoman dönüm/stremma.[V.L. Ménage, Review of Speros Vryonis, Jr. ''The decline of medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and the process of islamization from the eleventh through the fifteenth century'', Berkeley, 1971; in ''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies'' (University of London) '''36''':3 (1973), pp. 659-661. at JSTOR (subscription required); see also Erich Schilbach, ''Byzantinische Metrologie'' (referenced but not seen)]
ConversionsOne stremma is equivalent to:
Metric
- 1,000 square metres
- 10 ares
- 1 decare
- 0.1 hectare
- 0.001 square kilometres
===English units===
- 10,763.9 square foot|square feet
- 0.247 105 38 acre|international acres
- 0.247 104 39 acre|U.S. survey acres; 1 acre ≈ 4.047 stremmata
- 0.000 386 102 square miles (statute mile|statute)
See also
- conversion of units
- 1 E3 m² for further comparisons
Bibliography
Category:Units of area
Category:Human-based units of measure
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