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However, in mainland Greece and the Greek islands, various Latin and Venetian possessions continued to exist. From 1261 onwards, Byzantium underwent a gradual weakening of its internal structures and the reduction of its territories from Ottoman invasions, culminating in the fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453. The Ottoman conquest of ...
With a total length of about 2,320 km (1,440 mi) as of 2020, Greece's motorway network is the most extensive in Southeastern Europe and one of the most advanced in Europe, [271] including the east–west A2 (Egnatia Odos) in northern Greece, the north–south A1 (Athens–Thessaloniki–Evzonoi, AThE) along the mainland's eastern coastline and ...
Greece: c. 1700–1500 BC [199] [unreliable source?] Minoan foundation as Kydonia. Nafplio: Mycenaean Greece Greece: Early 14th century BC [200] Mentioned as Nuplija, the port of Mycenae, in the "Aegean List" of the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, early 14th century BC. [200] Cádiz: Phoenicia Spain: c. 1100 BC [201] Founded as Gadir by the ...
What news about our planet means for you: Sign up for USA TODAY's Climate Point newsletter. People board a ferry to Piraeus, during an increased seismic activity on the island of Santorini, Greece ...
Road and construction work across Greece still turns up new finds from that era on a regular basis. Accidental archaeological discoveries are relatively common in Greece, a country renowned for ...
Greece's coastguard was aware of the migrant ship on the morning of June 13, and monitored it from the air. The ship sent out distress calls, but a coast guard boat did not arrive until 11 pm. The ...
Hellenism (Greek: Ἑλληνισμός) [a] in a religious context refers to the modern pluralistic religion practiced in Greece and around the world by several communities derived from the beliefs, mythology, and rituals from antiquity through and up to today.
Sir Keir Starmer ruled out discussing a return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece in his meeting with his Greek counterpart on Tuesday despite claims from Athens that progress had been made on the issue.