The culture of Greece has evolved over thousands of years, beginning in Minoan and later in Mycenaean Greece, continuing most notably into Classical Greece...
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Ancient Greece (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th...
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The Ministry of Culture (Greek: Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού) is the government department of Greece entrusted with preserving the country's cultural heritage...
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northern regions of Greek culture (such as Ionia and Macedonia) gaining increased autonomy from the Persian Empire; the peak flourishing of democratic Athens;...
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Pontic Greek culture includes the traditional music, dance, architecture, clothing, artwork, and religious practices of the Pontic Greeks, also called...
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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...
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The history of Greece encompasses the history of the territory of the modern nation-state of Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas they...
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name of Greece differs in Greek compared with the names used for the country in other languages and cultures, just like the names of the Greeks. The ancient...
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Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή, Hellēnikḗ; [hellɛːnikɛ́ː]) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around...
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official language of Greece is Greek, spoken by 99% of the population. In addition, a number of non-official, minority languages and some Greek dialects are...
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Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, Greece shares land borders...
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Elements of Greek mythology appear many times in culture, including pop culture.[need quotation to verify] The Greek myths spread beyond the Hellenistic...
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a calendar of name days in Greece. Some of the names below are linked to the original saints or martyrs from which they originate. "Greek Name Days for...
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Sesklo (redirect from Sesklo, Greece)
were made by the Greek archaeologist Christos Tsountas. The oldest fragments researched at Sesklo place development of the culture as far back as c....
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The Church of Greece (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος, romanized: Ekklēsía tē̂s Helládos, IPA: [ekliˈsi.a tis eˈlaðos]), part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church...
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culture (2,200 - 2,000 BC) or Early Helladic III was an Early Bronze Age culture in Central Greece, Southern Greece and the Ionian islands (Part of Western...
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The Greek state has systematically pursued a policy of Hellenisation following its independence from the Ottoman Empire in the early 1830s. This ideology...
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overview of and topical guide to ancient Greece: Ancient Greece – Towns of ancient Greece List of ancient Greek cities Regions of ancient Greece Peloponnese...
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The Demographics of Greece refer to the demography of the population that inhabits the Greek peninsula. The population of Greece was estimated by the...
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mayor in Greece. He was elected in June 2019. Most Jews in Greece are Sephardic, but Greece is also the home of the unique Romaniote culture. Besides...
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Greece in the Roman era (Greek: Έλλάς, Latin: Graecia) describes the Roman conquest of the territory of the modern nation-state of Greece as well as that...
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Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía, IPA: [elinorˈθoðoksi ekliˈsia]) is a term that can refer to any one of...
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transition from one period to another. The art of ancient Greece has exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries from ancient times until...
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located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance...
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Hellenistic period (redirect from Hellenism (Greek culture))
Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the Roman...
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The cinema of Greece has a long and rich history. Though hampered at times by war or political instability, the Greek film industry dominates the domestic...
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Greek dress refers to the clothing of the Greek people and citizens of Greece from the antiquity to the modern times. Clothing in ancient Greece primarily...
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Greek names are the personal names among people of Greek language and culture, generally consisting of a given name and a family name. Ancient Greeks...
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Meander (art) (redirect from Greek key pattern)
decorative motif appears thousands of years before that culture, thousands of miles away from Greece, and among cultures that are continents away from it...
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Greek café culture in Australia (Greek: Ελληνική κουλτούρα καφενείον στην Αυστραλία) is part of the shared history of Greece and Australia. For unskilled...
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