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| National name Elliniki Dimokratia Area 131,957 sq km/50,935 sq mi Capital Athens Major ports Piraeus, Thessaloníki, Patras, Irákleion |
Physical features mountainous (Mount Olympus); a large number of islands, notably Crete, Corfu, and Rhodes, and Cyclades and Ionian Islands In the EU since 1962 |
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| Population 10,451,000 (1995 est) Political system democratic republic Administrative divisions 13 regions divided into 51 departments Religions Greek Orthodox; also Roman Catholic Chronology c.2000-1200 BC Mycenaean civilization flourished.c.1500-1100 BC Central Greece and Peloponnese invaded by tribes of Achaeans, Aeolians, Ionians, and Dorians. c.1000-500 BC Rise of the Greek city states; Greek colonies established around the shores of the Mediterranean. c.490-404 BC Ancient Greek culture reached its zenith in the democratic city state of Athens. 357-338 BC Philip II of Macedon won supremacy over Greece; cities fought to regain and preserve independence. 336–323 BC Alexander the Great was the first world conqueror and one of the most remarkable men in history, his armies capturing most the civilized world. The remainings of the capital of that vast Empire with essentially Greek culture, are found in the ancient Greek city of Pella, near Thessaloniki. 146 BC Roman Empire defeated Macedon and annexed Greece. 476 AD Western Roman Empire ended; Eastern Empire continued as Byzantine Empire, based at Constantinople, with essentially Greek culture. 1204 Crusaders partitioned Byzantine Empire; Athens, Achaea, and Thessaloniki came under Frankish rulers. late 14th century-1461 Ottoman Turks conquered mainland Greece and captured Constantinople 1453; Greek language and culture preserved by Orthodox Church. 1685 Venetians captured Peloponnese; regained by Turks 1715. late 18th century Beginnings of Greek nationalism among émigrés and merchant class. 1814 Philike Hetairia (`Friendly Society´) formed by revolutionary Greek nationalists in Odessa. 1821 Philike Hetairia raised Peloponnese brigands in revolt against Turks; War of Independence ensued. 1827 Battle of Navarino: Britain, France, and Russia intervened to destroy Turkish fleet; Count Ioannis Kapodistrias elected president of Greece. |
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| 1829 Treaty of Adrianople: under Russian pressure, Turkey recognized independence of small Greek state. 1832 Great Powers elected Otto of Bavaria as king of Greece. 1843 Coup forced King Otto to grant a constitution. 1862 Mutiny and rebellion led King Otto to abdicate. 1863 George of Denmark became king of the Hellenes. 1864 Britain transferred Ionian islands to Greece. 1881 Following Treaty of Berlin (1878), Greece was allowed to annex Thessaly and part of Epirus. | |  | | late 19th century Politics dominated by Kharilaos Trikoupis, who emphasized economic development, and Theodoros Deliyiannis, who emphasized territorial expansion. 1897 Greco-Turkish War ended in Greek defeat. 1908 Cretan Assembly led by Eleutherios Venizelos proclaimed union with Greece. 1910 Venizelos became prime minister and introduced financial, military, and constitutional reforms. 1912-13 Balkan Wars: Greece annexed a large area of Epirus and Macedonia. 1916 `National Schism´: Venizelos formed rebel pro-Allied government while royalists remained neutral. 1917-18 Greek forces fought on Allied side in World War I. 1919-22 Greek invasion of Asia Minor; after Turkish victory, a million refugees came to Greece. |
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| 1924 Republic declared amid great political instability. 1935 Greek monarchy restored with George II. 1936 General Ioannia Metaxas established right-wing dictatorship. 1940 Greece successfully repelled Italian invasion. 1941-44 German occupation of Greece; rival monarchist and communist resistance groups operated from 1942. 1946-49 Civil war: communists defeated by monarchists with military aid from Britain and USA. |
1952 Became a member of NATO. 1967 `Greek Colonels´ seized power under George Papadopoulos; political activity banned; King Constantine II exiled. 1973 Republic proclaimed with Papadopoulos as president. 1974 Cyprus crisis caused downfall of military regime; Constantine Karamanlis returned from exile to form Government of National Salvation and restore democracy. |
1981 Andreas Papandreou elected Greece's first socialist prime minister; Greece entered the European Community. 1989-93 Election defeat of Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) followed by unstable coalition governments. 1993 PASOK returned to power. 1996 Costis Simitis succeeded Papandreou as prime minister. PASOK retained its majority in the general election. |
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| Athens Dental School, National Capodistrian University of Athens Address 2 Thivon str, Goudi, GR-115 27 Athens www.dent.uoa.gr
School of Dentistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Address University Campus GR-541 24 Thessaloniki www.dent.auth.gr
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Number of dentists in the country 16,000 |
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