Fun facts about Greece
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The native name of Greece in Modern Greek is Ελλάδα, pronounced [eˈlaða].
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country of 10 million people on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. With nine regions and thousands of islands, it has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean.
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The Apidima Cave in Mani, Greece, may contain the oldest remains of early modern humans outside of Africa, dated to 200,000 years ago.
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country of 10 million people on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. With nine regions and thousands of islands, it has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean.
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Greece is often considered the birthplace of Western civilisation.
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country of 10 million people on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. With nine regions and thousands of islands, it has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean.
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In 508 BC, Cleisthenes instituted the world's first democratic system of government in Athens.
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country of 10 million people on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. With nine regions and thousands of islands, it has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean.
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In 2020, Greece's parliament elected Katerina Sakellaropoulou as the first female President of Greece.
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country of 10 million people on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. With nine regions and thousands of islands, it has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean.
From the “History” section
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Ken Russell Salvador · CC BY 2.0