Greece

Italy is northwest, mostly west, of Greece.

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The area covered by horticultural crops is 31% of the total area covered by plant crops, but the gross value of the horticultural crops is 55% of the plant crop production and 39% of the total agricultural production. The main horticultural crops are: Olive trees (for olive-oil and table olives), vineyards (for table grapes, wine and raisins: sultana or black Corinth), citrus, almond, peach, apricot, apple, pear and fig trees, vegetables, flowers (cut and pot plants) and ornamental plants. Area of horticultural crops (in thousand ha): Total 1.227,4 (irrigated 371,2), fruits 962,2, grapes 135,6, vegetables 128,8 (in GH 4,9), flowers and ornamental plants 0,6 (in GH 0,2). Total value of horticultural products (in thousand EUR) 1.193,455

The olive tree orchards are localized mainly along the coastal zone and up to a maximum elevation of 600 m, the vineyards are localized in areas with a maximum elevation of up to 1.000 m and both are usually not irrigated crops. Other important horticultural crops producing irrigated areas are: For citrus Peloponnesus (Lakonia, Argolis and the Northern Peloponnesian zone). Crete (Heraclion, Chanea) and Arta, for peaches western and central Macedonia. For apples and pears Magnesia and western Macedonia. For apricots Argolis and the Northern Peloponnesian zone. For vegetables different plains or valleys and for flowers Attica, Troezinia, Crete etc.

The depictions of the Greek goddess Cassandra vary greatly from the number of retellings and artist depictions. However, many artists depict her with reddish-copper hair and a fair to medium complexion. The only thing that is consistent is her being described as beautiful.

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No Greece is not part of Italy. Greece and Italy are two seperate countries in Europe. They are also very close to one another on the globe.

The Persuian War was 499-449 BCE. The idea of First, Second, Third Persian Wars is a modern misconconstrution.

Also, Darius did not attack Greece, as there was no country of Greece. There were hundreds of independent city-states, some within the Persian Empire, some outside.

The starting problem was the Ionian Revolt where the Greek cities in Persian Asia Minor revolted and were put down.

During this revolt, Eretia and Athens, both outside the Persian Empire, gave aid to the revolting cities. Darius sent a punitive expedition in reprisal. It was defeated at Marathon.

He then planned to bring all the Greek cities under his control to put an end to Greek breaches of peace, order and prosperty. He died before mountig this attempt, but it was carried out by his son and successor Xerxes I.

A group of cities would form defensive leagues when under threat.

He is credited as one of the founders of Western Philosophy, but don't take my word for it, read for yourself. It's what Socrates would have wanted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates

The Dorians were a warrior culture because that they do not have very many artists or scientists. Their only major technological advance was the iron slashing sword which was what gave them the advantage to be able to take over.

The flight time from the East Midlands in the UK to Crete is approximately 3 hours and 46 minutes.

The total distance is approximately 2841.36 km or 1765 miles.

This flight time is approximate. Factors such as weather conditions could affect the flight time.

Aphrodite and Ares gave birth to Eros. Eros means Love in Greek. He was the god of sexual love and beauty. He was also worshipped as a fertility deity. His Roman counterpart was Cupid meaning "desire" also known as Amor ("love").

No, Sparta had disappeared from the map of Greece, until 1834, when after the War of Greek Independence King Otto of Greece, issued a decreed that a village occupying the site of ancient Sparta be rebuilt into a city and to bear the same name as Sparta, (which is Sparti in Greek),

The flight time from Manchester in the United Kingdom to Athens in Greece is approximately 3 hours and 46 minutes.

This is only an approximation. The exact travel time will vary as it depends on factors such as weather conditions, flight speed, delays and refuelling stops. Your airline can provide additional information through customer service or their website.

Greece is an economy driven primarily by tourism. The main problems that it is facing are unemployment of local population and sluggish growth of manufacturing sector in the country.

Athens Greece is seven hours ahead of Washington DC.

The answer here is simple. tyrants were able to seize control over greek nobles by protecting their grounds and standing guard for trespassers who wished to control their land!~! ALexa ANn Somebody!~!

when isoces was tricked by an illamies (birds who created illusions and stole the souls of sailors to feed on) into jumping into the sea and expected to sink isoces floated as she was a witch and spent her life floating dumb struck for 40 years until Odyseus's brother picked her up and burned her at the stake.

Greece declared independence on 25 March 1821. However, this declaration of independence was met with violence by the Ottoman Empire. The Greek War of Independence lasted until 21 July 1832 when the Kingdom of Greece was recognized as an independent sovereign power by the Ottoman Empire. Finally, the Kingdom of Greece in 1832 contains less than a third of current Greek territory. The lands of Greece were expanded in a number of wars across the next century, finally ending with the final borders being established by the Treaty of Lausanne with Turkey in 1923 and the Treaty of Peace with Italy in 1947 concerning Rhodes and the Dodecanese.

Cretans. In Greek they are called Kritikí (Κρητικοί), plural form of Kritikós (Κρητικός). I live in Crete.

(Notice that Cretan - someone from Crete - is spelled differently from cretin - a stupid/insolent person.)

Greece borders Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Albania.