What Do You Know About Greece?

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Greece was certainly an ancient country, but it is now a modern country. The Parthenon was built about 2500 years ago. This temple, which was built to honor Athena, an ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, courage and crafts, is one of Greece’s most famous sites. The capital city of Athens is named for Athena. The Parthenon sits on the Acropolis, a hill overlooking the city of Athens. It is made from white marble and was built somewhere between 447 and 432 B.C. It is 60 feet high and 110 feet wide and 237 feet long. Many treasures that were featured at the Parthenon, like a gold and ivory statue of Athena have been removed or destroyed over time. Greece is located on the southernmost area of the Balkan Peninsula. The Ionian Sea lies to the west and the Mediterranean Sea is to the south. The Aegean Sea is to the east. Greece is about the size of the U.S. state of Alabama and more than 10 million people live there. Greece, at one time, was one of the world’s first superpowers. The Greek empire, at one time, included Egypt and parts of the Middle East and India. The roots of democracy came from Greece. Nearly 80% of Greece is mountainous, but Greece also contains more than 2,000 islands, of which about 170 are inhabited. The climate is hot and dry in the summer with mild, wet winters, with temperatures above freezing year-around for the most part. The start of Greek civilization began with the Minoans in 3000 B.C. In 1829, Greece became independent of the Ottoman Empire. (Now, the Head of State, is a president and the head of the government is a Prime Minister.) Alexander the Great, became king, after his father Phillip II died in 336 B.C. but when Alexander died in 323 B.C. the empire was divided among four of his generals. (It’s very interesting to me that this division of the Greek Empire was prophesied in the Bible, at Daniel 10:3, 4.) Then, the Romans conquered Greece in 146 B.C. To be continued…