Greece

On January 1st 1981 Greece joined the European Communities ushering in a period of sustained growth. The countries widespread investments on infrastructure coupled with funds from the European Union led to a sharp increase in revenue from tourism and the service sector. This helped the country reach historical highs in their standard of living. By 2001 Greece had adopted the Euro and in the proceeding 7 years the GDP per capita went from $12,400 in 2001 to $31,700 in 2008, an increase of 156%.

A country who’s economy was devastated by the monetary exports demanded of them by the second world war, Greece has shown great financial fluctuation and vulnerability within the last 80 years, resulting in one of the most disputed economic records in the history of the European Union. Dubbed the ‘Greek Economic Miracle’, Greece showed great resilience throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s, with credit to their superior food trade and shipping industry, continuing to produce high levels of economic growth

So far, Ancient Greece is one of the biggest empires in the world. Ancient Greece is known as its Olympics. The origins of the Olympics recorded in 8th century BC. The following text will mention about the Ancient sports that were competing in Greece and the differences between today's sports and Ancient sports. Firstly, a brief information about the Olympics. There are no certain information about how the games started but there

I am researching the country where democracy originated from, which is Greece. Greece doesn't have that many natural resources. Bauxite, from which aluminum is created from, is a mineral found in Greece that is the most vital. There are layers of asbestos, nickel, magnesite, and marble also found in Greece. Asbestos was once known as a miracle mineral to the Greeks, due to its unique feature of not burning, but it’s now seen as a deadly mineral. This is because it can cause deadly diseases like Mesothelioma

Greece is in geography category and some history. Greece is located in Southern Europe and the end of the Balkan Peninsula. Athens is the capital of Greece. The Ancient Greece is divided into multiple city states: Athens, Sparta, Corintia, Megoar, Argos. The geographical feature, such as mountains restricted internal communications between the countries, however, the sea opened wider horizons and trading. Greece is noted for political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific achievements that formed

once said, “Rome wasn't built in a day.” Similar to this, Greece developed over many years. However, despite the similarities there are also differences. Greece and Rome were a major part in the development of Europe as a whole. Even today, people are influenced by these ancient cultures. Both Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece have similarities as well as differences, but they were key components to forming European culture. Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome both had tremendous wealth, but each culture

Introduction: The geography of ancient Greece impacted their civilization in a variety of ways. The Greek peninsula is surrounded by the west by the Ionian Sea, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the east. Isolated Communities and Difficult travel: Communities in greece were isolated by water and mountains which took a big role, because of this settlements did not have much communication with each other. They were isolated from each other also because time over time the

Athens - Greece      During the fifth century of Ancient Greece the city-states of Athens and Sparta represented two very different forms of living. Spartans directed their time towards their military capabilities while the Athenians were interested in comfort and culture. Sparta’s and Athens’ political and environmental differences along with their different views on women caused the two city-states to be very dissimilar.      Two major forms

If the men of Ancient Greece was not training in the military or talking about politics they were going to theater going to watch dramas or comedies these were some form of gods women were not allowed to go or perform at theatre men would play women roles . Lives of the women of Ancient Greece did work around the house cooking,cleaning ,weaving and other domestic duties the women were not allowed to be in politics or public life they lived in the house although they had one public was acting

The culture of Greece has been developed and has evolved over time for thousands of years. They have gone through many different hands. It started with Mycenaean Greece and then continued through the ranks. The Roman Empire held great influence and much of what we know about Greece has come from that time period. Then the hands changed with the Byzantine Empire, the Persian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire. Each left their mark and changed the culture that was there and added something new each time