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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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What grows at Greece?

There are many different types of plants in Greece. Some of these plants are the field maple, the Cornelian cherry tree, sawfly orchid, hoary plantain, myrtle spurge, poverty brome, and the Salvia ringens (a type of flower).

What is the highest temperature in Rhodes Greece?

The highest temperature ever recorded in Rhodes, Greece was 102 degrees F (39 degrees C). Usually, the warmest months on Rhodes are July and August.

What are facts about the Spartans?

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Where did the battle of issus take place?

Anatolia, in Asia Minor (present-day country of Turkey).

What section of early Greece is Athens and Marathon located in?

it is located in Greece and IDK wat part of it but it is in Greece i think it is in lower egypt :]

Why did people move throughout Greece and away from the mainland after the Dark Age?

After the Greek dark ages, exciting things began to happen in ancient Greece. Villages started to band together to form strong trading centers. These groups of villages that banded together were called city-states. Soon, hundreds of city-states had formed in ancient Greece.

TO BE A CITIZEN OF A CITY-STATE: The ancient Greeks referred to themselves as citizens of their individual city-states. Each city-state (polis) had its own personality, goals, laws and customs. Ancient Greeks were very loyal to their city-state.

The city-states had many things in common. They all believed in the same gods. They all spoke the same language.

After the Greek dark ages, exciting things began to happen in ancient Greece. Villages started to band together to form strong trading centers. These groups of villages that banded together were called city-states. Soon, hundreds of city-states had formed in Ancient Greece

Who greece was ruled by in 1800?

Greece was ruled by the OTTOMAN EMPIRE in the year 1800.

What is the capital of the European country Greece?

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

Is Greece a romantic city?

Answer 1

i don't know what others might say but i think it will be if i ever go to greece

Answer 2

Greece is a country, not a city. There are many cities within Greece that can be romantic, with the Greek city best-known for being romantic being Chania (also spelled Xania) on the island of Crete. However, Athens, Heraklion, Rhodes, Mykonos, Santorini, and a number of other cities can certainly be romantic as well.

Do porcupines live in Greece?

yes

500 porcupines live in northern greece

What are the characteristic physical features of a macedonian?

The most complete study of Greek skeletal material from Neolithic to modern times was carried out by American anthropologist J. Lawrence Angel who found that in the early age racial variability in Greece was 7% above average, indicating that the Greeks had multiple origins within the Europid racial family. Angel noted that from the earliest times to the present "racial continuity in Greece is striking." Buxton who had earlier studied Greek skeletal material and measured modern Greeks, especially in Cyprus, finds that the modern Greeks "possess physical characteristics not differing essentially from those of the former [ancient Greeks]."

The most extensive study of modern Greeks has been carried by the Greek anthropologist Aris N. Poulianos. Poulianos' study included the collection and study of more than seventy anthropometric measurements from a large sample of thousands of Greeks from different parts of the country. His main conclusions are that Greeks are basically a mixture of Aegeans (a Mediterranean type local to the area) and Epirotics (Dinarics) and are descended from the ancient inhabitants of the lands in which they live. The presence of individuals which approximate the Nordic subrace is minimal, and does not exceed 4-6% even in the most depigmented groups of Greece. More frequent are individuals which approximate the Alpine race of Central Europe. These reach up to 20-30% of some groups and are often blended with more southern racial types. Poulianos' conclusions of Greek continuity are not simply the wishful thinking of a modern Greek. In a critical review of his book, J. Lawrence Angel states that "Poulianos is correct in pointing out ... that there is complete continuity genetically from ancient to modern times."

Nikolaos Xirotiris, more recently, surveyed Greek skeletal material and a number of genetical and anthropometrical studies on modern Greeks. His discoveries were that like in antiquity, the Greek terrain which favors isolation has led to the formation of local types by micro-evolution. He too concludes racial continuity in Greece, not finding traces of any significant alteration of the Greek racial complex, from prehistory, through classical and medieval, to modern times.

The American anthropologist Roland Dixon studied the funeral masks of Spartans and found them to be Alpine. Italian anthropologist Raffaello Battaglia found the death masks of the Shaft Grave Mycenaeans to represent Dinaric physiognomies. J. Lawrence Angel expressed similar opinions in that he believed that northerners in Greece were always of "Dinaroid-Alpine central trend" added to the earlier Mediterranean/Alpine blend. Racial elements were not separate but combined to produce Greek civilization. Finally, a more recent statistical comparison of ancient and modern Greek skulls resulted in the discovery of "a remarkable similarity in craniofacial morphology between modern and ancient Greeks."

What is the greek letter before sigma?

The Greek alphabet, which is derived from the Phoenician alphabet, is the script used by the Greeks since the 8th century BC. The Greek letter before sigma is rho.

Did the Greeks develop the arch?

I believe that the Romans had developed it, or other wised specialized in it much better.

What plate is santorini in?

Sanotrini is on the Eurasian Plate.