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11Greece — /grees/, n. 1. Ancient Greek, Hellas. Modern Greek, Ellas. a republic in S Europe at the S end of the Balkan Peninsula. 10,583,126; 50,147 sq. mi. (129,880 sq. km). Cap.: Athens. 2. a city in W New York. 16,177. * * * Greece Introduction Greece… …
12Greece — Infobox Country native name = Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Ellīnikī Dīmokratía conventional long name = Hellenic Republic common name = Greece symbol type = Coat of arms image coat caption = Coat of arms map caption = map caption |location color=dark… …
13Greece — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Greece <p></p> Background: <p></p> Greece achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1830. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the… …
14Greece — The Ottoman Empire ruled Greece from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century. Ottoman rule preserved the religious traditions of the Orthodox Church and ruled along with the cooperation of the Church and the Orthodox elite. During the… …
15Greece — noun 1. a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil (Freq. 5) • Syn: ↑Hellenic Republic, ↑Ellas • Members of this Region: ↑Actium, ↑Chaeronea, ↑Lepanto, ↑ …
16Greece — 43° 12′ 34″ N 77° 41′ 43″ W / 43.2094, 77.6953 Greece est une ville du …
17Greece — Protestantism was first introduced in 1828 to Greece, a land dominated by Eastern orthodoxy, when Jonas King (1792 1869) arrived as a representative of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Staying on for decades in a… …
18Greece — By Greece (Hellas) medieval writers usually refer to central Greece and the Peloponnesos (q.v.), in other words to regions south of Thermopylae (q.v.). The territorial extent of the late seventh century theme of Hellas (qq.v.) is debated, but… …
19Greece — Orginally consisted of the four provinces of Macedonia, Epirus, Achaia, and Peleponnesus. In Acts 20:2 it designates only the Roman province of Macedonia. Greece was conquered by the Romans B.C. 146. After passing through various changes it… …
20Greece — Estimated Gypsy population: 350,000. At an early date, Gypsies were recorded on the islands of the eastern Mediterranean. By 1384 Gypsy shoemakers were established on the mainland of Greece in Modon (then a part of the Venetian empire), and by …
