Greece Holiday

Greece Holiday is a idea many would just love to try out. Imagine goping to a Greek, isle, maybe to a one unpeopoled, with your girlfriend, Or maybe gio to the great civvilidation isles, and see the ruins ofthem, and eat modern Greek food, of seafood, and such, fished from deep seas, that Cretans,. and others fished. Greece officially the Hellenic Republic is a country in Southeastern Europe. Its capital city is Athens. It borders Albania, the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east and south of mainland Greece, the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Both parts of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea have a lot of islands. Greece's history is one of the richest in the world. Greece is divided into 13 districts called peripheries, and these have 51 sections called prefectures. Some Greek prefectures are Achaea, Samos, Pella, and Xanthi. Greece became a member of the European Union in 1981. Greece fought in both World War I and World War II. The languages spoken in Greece are; Greek 99% (the official language), English, and French. Mayve go to Crete, and see Minoan stuff, or Rhodes, where all that great city was. Maybe go to Athens to see the Parthenon, or the Olympic elements, or Mount Athos. Athens is the capital city of Greece. It is one of the most famous cities in the world. The city is named after Athena. She is the goddess of wisdom and war in Greek mythology. Athens has a population of over three million people and is growing. It is in the prefecture, or division of the country, of Attica. It is known that there were settlements in Attica region since prehistoric times. It is unknown, however, when exactly one of them called for first time "Athens". According to Plato (in Timeos dialogue), when Solon visited Egypt, some priests told him that according to their archives there was a city called Athens at least from 9600 BC). Of course taht xannot been proven if it's so, yet. According to greek mythology the name "Athens" have given in the time of its first king Cecrops, about 2000 BC.

Later, the myth o Theseas shows that the city was a vassal of Minoic Crete until a rxpedition that overthrowrd that status-quo.

According to Homer's Iliad Athens took the side of Mykenae in Troic War, senting 50 ships (that means 1650 - 2750 men) under the command of its king Menestheas. That shows that it was already a relatively major city of Grrece, since a few other cities sent more.

Athens was a powerful city in Classical times. It was known for the amount of learning that happened there. The city was home to Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It also had its own Constitution. Athens also created the world's first known democracy.

The city started to decline in 529, when the Emperor Justinian I closed its philosophical schools. Parthenon had made in Cristian Church. That act saved it later from destraction of non Christian temoples, in times of deep Theocracy.

The Ottoman Turks took control of Athens in 1458. The Turks made the Parthenon into a Muslim mosque. The Parthenon was later damaged in 1687 when gunpowder exploded inside it.

Athens was freed from the Turks during the Greek war of independence (1821-1833). It was then made into the capital of Greece. Greece is a land also where you can see great figures places where they went maybe Sparta, and there you can shout, 400, The 400, or maybe see Plato;'s stuff, or democracys stuff. Amazing place huh.

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