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Mycenaean Greece (or the Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC. [1] It represents the first advanced and distinctively Greek civilization in mainland Greece with its palatial states, urban organization, works of art, and writing system.
Greece (Greek:Ελλάδα) (IPA:Ελλάς) (IPA:eˈlas), jiske official naam Hellenic Republic (Greek:Ελληνική Δημοκρατία IPA:eliniˈkʲi ðimokraˈtia), [1] Southeastern Europe ke ek des hae. Iske capital city Athens hae. Iske border north me Albania, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia aur Bulgaria se hae aur east me ...
Hellenistic Greece is the historical period of the country following Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the annexation of the classical Greek Achaean League heartlands by the Roman Republic. This culminated at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC, a crushing Roman victory in the Peloponnese that led to the ...
Tourism in Greece has been a key element of the economic activity in the country, and is one of the country's most important sectors.Greece has been a major tourist destination and attraction in Europe since the 1970s for its rich culture and history, which is reflected in large part by its 18 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, among the most in Europe and the world as well as for its long coastline ...
The economy of Greece is the 54th largest in the world, with a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of $250.276 billion per annum. [6] In terms of purchasing power parity, Greece is the world's 55th largest economy, at $430.125 billion per annum. [6] As of 2023, Greece is the sixteenth largest economy in the European Union and eleventh largest ...
Welcome to the Greece portal. Greece / ˈɡriːs / ⓘ ( Greek: Ελλάδα, Ellada ), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Elliniki Dimokratia ), and historically Hellas ( Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, Hellas; Modern Greek: Ελλάς, Ellas ), is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of ...
Crete was the centre of Europe's first advanced civilization, the Minoans, from 2700 to 1420 BC. The Minoan civilization was overrun by the Mycenaean civilization from mainland Greece. Crete was later ruled by Rome, then successively by the Byzantine Empire, Andalusian Arabs, the Venetian Republic, and the Ottoman Empire.
