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Definition: Greece from The Macquarie Dictionary
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a republic in south-eastern Europe, consisting of many islands and the south part of the Balkan peninsula between the Ionian and Aegean Seas; noted for its ancient civilisations; under Turkish rule before independence as a kingdom in 1827; a republic since 1975.

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Modern Greek Ellás Ancient Greek Hellas Official name Hellenic Republic


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From Philip's Encyclopedia
The Hellenic Republic, the official name of Greece, is a rugged country lying at the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. Olympus (Ólimbos), at 2,917m [9,570ft], is the highest peak. Nearly a fifth of the land area is made up of around 2,000 islands, mainly in the Aegean Sea, east of the main peninsula, but also in the Ionian Sea to the west. Only 154 are inhabited. The island of Crete is structurally related to the main Alpine fold mountain system to which the mainland Pindos Range belongs. Climate Low-lying areas in Greece have mild, moist winters and hot, dry summers. The E coast has more than 2,700 hours of sunshine a year and only about half of the rainfall of the W. The mountains have a more severe climate, with snow on the higher slopes in winter. History Crete was the centre of the Minoan civilization , a Bronze Age culture which made use of linear script , between about 3000 and 1400 bc . Following the end of the related Mycenean civilization on the mainland (1580-1200 BC), …
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Greece has a rich history stretching back thousands of years. Yet the modern nation state only won its independence from the Turks in 1829, and it took control of some islands as recently as 1947. With its mountainous terrain, more than 2,000 scattered islands, and lack of natural resources, Greece…
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From Encyclopedia of Intelligence & Counterintelligence
The history of modern intelligence operations in Greece begins with World War II. Following the country's occupation by Italy and Germany in April 1941, Great Britain launched numerous operations into Greece carried out by both the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the Secret Intelligence…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
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The Hellenic Republic, the official name of Greece, is a rugged country lying at the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. Olympus (Ólimbos), at 2,917m [9,570ft], is the highest peak. Nearly a fifth of the land area is made up of around 2,000 islands, mainly in the Aegean Sea, east of the main…
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History For many decades, Greece's major production companies concentrated solely on musicals and comedies. It took the creation of the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1960 to provide a platform for a new, socially aware national cinema to arise in the years that followed, although the ‘Colonels’ …
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From The Edinburgh International Encyclopaedia of Psychoanalysis
Freud and psychoanalysis were first introduced into Greece in 1915 when they began to be discussed by a group of educationists who were interested mainly in the application of psychoanalysis to education. In 1927 the psychiatrist Kouretas was the first person in medicine to speak about…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
Gr. Hellas or Ellas , officially Hellenic Republic, republic (2015 est. pop. 11,218,000), 50,944 sq mi (131,945 sq km), SE Europe. It occupies the southernmost part of the Balkan Peninsula and borders on the Ionian Sea in the west, on the Mediterranean Sea in the south, on the Aegean Sea in the…
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From Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures
ALTERNATIVE NAMES None. LOCATION AND LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION Greece is located in the southeastern corner of Europe and occupies the southernmost tip of the Balkan peninsula. Its territory of 131,990 km 2 also includes some two thousand islands, only a few hundred of which are inhabited. Greek, the…
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From Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
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POPULATION 10,815,197 EASTERN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN 92 percent SUNNI MUSLIM 1.2 percent ROMAN CATHOLIC 0.5 percent PROTESTANT 0.4 percent OTHER 5.9 percent Introduction Predominantly Eastern Orthodox, Greece is located in Europe in the southern Balkan Peninsula. A mountainous country, it is bordered to…
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From International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family
Greece, the birthplace of Western civilization, has a long history. Philosophy and the humanities have flourished there for more than 2,500 years. Greece is situated at the southeastern end of the European continent and has an area of 132 square kilometers. Now a modern state, it has, according to…
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From Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019
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Hellenic Republic Political Status: Gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1830; military rule imposed following coup of April 21, 1967; civilian control reinstituted July 23, 1974; present republican constitution promulgated June 11, 1975. Area: 50,944 sq. mi. (131,944 sq. km). Population: …
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