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The history of modern Greece covers the history of Greece from the recognition by the Great Powers — Britain, France and Russia — of its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1828 to the present day.
Prehistoric Greece: Paleolithic Greece, starting c. 3.3 million years ago and ending in 20,000 BC. Significant geomorphological and climatic changes occurred in the modern Greek area which were definitive for the development of fauna and flora and the survival of Homo sapiens in the region.
The Church of Greece was established as Greece's national church and 25 March, the day of Annunciation, ... Modern Greek theatre was born after independence, in the ...
Beginning of the Second Balkan War. 1913, 19–21 June: Greek victory at the Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas. 1913, 22–23 June: Greek victory at the Battle of Doiran. 1913, 8–18 July: Greeks and Bulgarians fight to a bloody stalemate at the Battle of Kresna Gorge. 1913, 10 August: Signing of the Treaty of Bucharest.
The culture of Greece has evolved over thousands of years, beginning in Minoan and later in Mycenaean Greece, continuing most notably into Classical Greece, while influencing the Roman Empire and its successor the Byzantine Empire. Other cultures and states such as the Frankish states, the Ottoman Empire, the Venetian Republic and Bavarian and ...
After the Greek War of Independence and the creation of the modern Greek state, the modern Greek architecture tried to combine the traditional Greek architecture and Greek elements and motives with the western European movements and styles. The 19th-century architecture of Athens and other cities of the Greek Kingdom is mostly influenced by the ...
Religion in Greece is dominated by Christianity, in particular the Greek Orthodox Church, which is within the larger communion of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It represented 90% of the total population in 2015 [ 1 ] and is constitutionally recognized as the "prevailing religion" of Greece. Religions with smaller numbers of followers include ...
2 May 1864 (Treaty of London): Union of the Ionian Islands with Greece. 2 July 1881 (Convention of Constantinople): Annexation of Thessaly (except Elassona) and the Arta Prefecture. 4 December 1897 (Treaty of Constantinople): Following the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, minor territorial adjustments to the Greco-Ottoman border line were undertaken ...
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