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Greece
Greece is a country made up of many islands. It has a rich history filled with gods, goddesses, wars, tragedies, romances, and some of the best myths of all time. Questions in this section can include things about current or ancient Greece.
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In response to the growing influence of communist forces in Greece and Turkey, President Harry Truman implemented the Truman Doctrine in 1947. This policy aimed to provide military and economic assistance to countries resisting communism, marking a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy towards containment. Truman's administration pledged $400 million in aid to support the governments of Greece and Turkey, effectively countering Soviet expansion in the region. His actions laid the groundwork for a broader strategy of containment during the Cold War.
What is the greek word for 'welcome to Greece'?
kalosirthes stin Elada
kalosirthes=welcome
stin=to
Elada=Greece
Bulgaria has a frontier with Turkey in its South Eastern side by land and the Black sea coast is common in both countries.
What does the colors of the Greece flag symbolize?
The 9 stripes on the greek flag represent the syllables in the phrase 'Elefteria h thanatos' which literally means freedom or death. as in "Give me liberty or give me death"
The color blue represents the color of the oceans, the white represents the waves.
Philip II of Macedonia but as a Greek himself he never conquered Greeks or Greece in the context that this loaded question implies. Philip II united Greece (Hellas), under Macedonian Hegemony and together they conquered Persia.
- Quote: It is difficult to imagine that Philip II's policy toward Greece was an end in itself. Once his Balkan borders had been secured his general course seems to have been directed toward the establishment of stability in Greece, NOT CONQUEST.
In political science there is no clearly defined term as "true democracy".
If you wish to ask whether Ancient Athens was a direct democracy, i.e. where every resolution was approved by popular referendum as opposed to through elected representatives, then, Yes. However, the rest of Greece was not democratic and ruled by monarchs, autocrats, or oligarchs.
If you wish to ask whether Ancient Athens provided suffrage to all people and allowed full freedom of expression, of course not. The voting population in Athens was less than 10% of the overall population since only ethnic Athenian property-owning males were allowed to vote. Women, children, slaves, foreigners, and other large segments of the population were not allowed to vote. Additionally, there were no established human rights and there were blasphemy laws and other similar institutions in Hellenic Greece and Athens in particular.
How many miles is Crete from Cyprus?
Crete is 486 miles from Cyprus, which would be approximately a 1 hour 30 minute flight, according to Google Maps.
It is still unknown how the civilization of Crete disappeared, but we know that the Mycenaes conquered Crete, so they fought against the people from Crete, who weren't ready to fight because of a volcanic eruption that happened before.
How long does it take to fly from New York to Greece Santorini?
Pittsburgh-Paris-Athens-Santorini: approx. 18 hours with Air France and Aegean Airlines.
Why are more than 100 aegean islands between mainland Greece and crete know as the cyclades?
The Cyclades islands, which lie in the Aegean sea south and west of the Greek mainland, are so named because of their circular position around the ancient sacred island of Delos.
For a more complete explanation, I've referred to the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, via Gale Virtual Reference Library. According to this publication, the Cyclades islands are:
"They are the peaks of a range of submerged mountains, separated by deep channels from the islands to the south and east."
Additionally, the islands have a rich history as part of the ancient Greek civilization:
"Although subject to the cultural influences of other areas (particularly Mycenean and Minoan influences) and to periodic invasions and/or waves of immigration, the islands developed a distinctive Bronze Age culture with a now well-recognized Cycladic art, perhaps most clearly represented in the characteristic Cycladic marble figurines. In the eleventh century B.C., at the end of the Bronze Age, the Cyclades underwent a decline in population, but by the ninth to eighth centuries B.C. their population began to grow again, and new settlements were established. In the classical period some Islands were the home of independent city-states. From the eighth century B.C. the island of Delos was an important holy place for Ionian Greeks; during Hellenistic times it was an International merchant community as well, and it continued to flourish into Roman times. Ravaged by Mithridates of Pontus in AD. 88, it fell into decline, and then eventually into oblivion with the arrival of Christianity. After the Romans, the Cyclades became part of the Byzantine Empire."
I hope this helps! You can access databases like Gale Virtual Reference Library, where I found this answer, through your local library. Many library web sites even have a link where you can chat online with a librarian 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
Kathryn Benson
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University of Texas at Austin
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Source:
Dubisch, Jill. "Cyclades." Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Vol. 4: Europe. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 1996. 75-79. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 11 Nov. 2012.
What flowers are native to Greece?
From personal experience roaming the islands, I am "guessing" that it is the geranium, particularly red ones. They abound everywhere all summer and fall!
What body of water lies between Italy and Greece?
The narrow body of water between Sicily and Italy is called the Strait of Messina.
What effect did greece's geography have on th occupation the people engaged in?
they were slaves that would work outside on jobs like mining planting houling stuff around and taking care of animals that the Greeks might have owned. there were also inside slaves that were treated like family, cooked, weaved, and took care of kids.
When was Greece at its largest?
The modern Greek State was at its largest between 1919-1923 when the Treaty of Sevres was in force but before the Turkish Independence War resulted in the Treaty of Lausanne. At this point Greece even controlled territory on the Anatolian mainland (but did not control Rhodes).
You can see a map of Greek expansions and losses in this map.
What does Greece's money look like?
Italy, like many other European countries, utilizes the Euro as its form of currency. The colorful Euro bills depict scenes from ancient Roman culture, while the coins feature prominent Italian historical figures.
Why did Xerxes conquer Greece?
He did not conquer Greece. He attempted to bring the independent Greek city-states under control to bring peace and stop them disrupting his empire, but failed. The Greeks went back to fighting each other.
Macedonia (in Greek: Μακεδονία Makedonίa) is a the second most populous and the biggest in size region of Greece. It is located in north Greece. Gradually it's in Europe, Southeastern Europe, Balkans, South Balkans, north Greece. It borders with Thrace and Epirus and three countries: Albania, FYROM and Bulgaria. Its south coasts are washed by the Aegean sea.
What do you call a native of Greece?
The Greeks call themselves Hellenes. This derived from their traditional founder Helen. The country they call Hellas.
Others call it Greece and the people are called Greeks. This originated in a misconception - when the Romans were penetrating the south of the Italian peninsula over 2300 years ago they came across a tribe called the Gaeci. Going further south they found the Greek cities on the southern coast (Tarentum, Sybaris etc) and imagining this area was also inhabited by Graeci, they called it Magna Graeci (Great Grece).
The name stuck, and today we still call these people Greeks. The Greeks call themselves Hellenes, but have to go with the flow of what the rest of the world calls them.
What geographical advantage does the Italian landscape have over the Greek landscape?
Italy is northwest, mostly west, of Greece.
