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111Timeline of modern Greek history — Greek War of Independence (1821 1829)= *1821, March 25: Metropolitan Germanos of Patras blesses a Greek flag at the Monastery of Agia Lavra. Greece declares its independence. Beginning of the Greek War of Independence *1821, 10 April, Easter… …
112Theseus — For other uses, see Theseus (disambiguation) Theseus ( el. Θησεύς) was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aethra, and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, with whom Aethra lay in one night. Theseus was a founder hero, like Perseus, Cadmus or Heracles …
113El Greco — This article is about the artist of the Spanish Renaissance. For other uses, see El Greco (disambiguation). El Greco Portrait of An Old Man (presumed self portrait of El Greco), circa 1595–1600, oil on canvas, 52.7 × 46.7 cm, Metropolitan… …
114History of the Republic of Venice — The history of the Republic of Venice began with the city of Venice, which originated as a collection of lagoon communities banded together for mutual defence from the Lombards as the power of the Byzantine Empire dwindled in northern Italy in… …
115Archaeogenetics of the Near East — The archaeogenetics of the Near East involves the study of aDNA or ancient DNA, identifying haplogroups and haplotypes of ancient skeletal remains from both YDNA and mtDNA for populations of the Ancient Near East (the modern Middle East, i.e.… …
116Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
117Venizélos, Eleuthérios — ▪ prime minister of Greece Introduction in full Eleuthérios Kyriakos Venizélos born Aug. 23, 1864, Mourniés, Crete, Ottoman Empire [now in Greece] died March 18, 1936, Paris, France prime minister of Greece (1910–15, 1917–20, 1924, 1928–32,… …
118Greece — • History of the country and church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Greece Greece † …
119Dorians — This article is about the population of ancient Greece. For other uses, see Dorian (disambiguation). History of Greece This article is part of …
1202nd millennium BC — The 2nd millennium BC marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age. Its first half is dominated by the Middle Kingdom of Egypt and Babylonia. The alphabet develops. Indo Iranian migration onto the Iranian plateau and onto the… …
