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Fun fact 4 about Greece

The entrance of the "Treasury of Atreus" (13th century BC) in Mycenae
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In 508 BC, Cleisthenes instituted the world's first democratic system of government in Athens.

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Greece

Population
10.4M
Area
131,957 km²
Capital
Athens
Continent
Europe
94th most populous country in the world

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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