Historically the extensive division of Greece was a blessing and | The name "Yunan" comes from Ionia; cf |
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"From resurrection to insurrection: 'sacred' myths, motifs, and symbols in the Greek War of Independence" | The reason why even such a sophisticated historian as Pagden can do it is that the idea that Greece is the cradle of civilisation is so much rooted in western minds and school curicula as to be taken for granted |
Although the first writing originates in the cradle of civilization along Middle Eastern rivers — the Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile — the true cradle of Western literature is Athens | Charles Antaki; Susan Condor 5 March 2014 |
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5: Macedonians and Greeks", In: Roisman and Worthington, "A companion to Ancient Macedonia", p | History and Culture of South Eastern Europe |
Thus a land like ancient Hellas, by its division into many geographic units, separated from one another mostly by mountains, seems almost predestined for political fragmentation.
4The economic crisis and the course to '21] | In 1979, a friend of de Boer's invited him to join a team of scientists that was going to Greece to assess the suitability of the |
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James Whitley 4 October 2001 |