Greece, known as the birthplace of western civilization, has a long history and has had a great influence on the historical development of Europe, Asia and Africa.
Greece is one of the less developed countries in the European Union, with weak economic foundation and backward industrial manufacturing.
The maritime industry is developed, and it ranks as the three pillars of Greece's foreign exchange income alongside tourism and remittances.
Agriculture is relatively developed, mainly in food processing and light industry.
In 20 13 years, Greece's GDP was1820.5 billion euros.
By the end of 20 14, there were 16 World Heritage Sites in Greece, including 14 Cultural Heritage Sites and 2 Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites.
The Greek mainland has been inhabited by human beings since the Paleolithic Age and is the cradle of western civilization.
The land along the Mediterranean Sea witnessed the two earliest civilizations in Europe: Minoan civilization and Mycenae civilization.
After that, Greece experienced a dark period until the birth of a new Greek civilization in 800 BC.
At that time, the Greek city-state established its own colony on the Mediterranean coast, successfully resisted the invasion of the Persian Empire, and showed splendid Greek culture.
The civilizations of Greece, Macedonia and Thrace are collectively called Helenik.
Ancient Greece was a city-state ruled by cities.
Greece was once led by its city-state, Macedonia.
Under the leadership of Alexander the Great, the Kingdom of Macedonia perished the Persian Empire, and Greek culture spread to Egypt, the Middle East and Central Asia, which is called the Hellenistic Age.
Athens, Macedonia, Sparta and Thebes are politically and militarily important city-states in Greek history.
Although Greece was completely conquered by Rome in 168 BC, Greek culture in turn conquered the life of the Romans.
As a province of the Roman Empire, Greek culture continued to rule the Eastern Mediterranean until the empire split in two.
The Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) centered on Constantinople was essentially Hellenistic.
Eastern Rome resisted the attacks from the East and the West for centuries, until 1453 Constantinople finally fell, and the Ottoman Empire gradually conquered the whole of Greece.
The Ottoman Empire ruled until 182 1, and the Greeks declared their independence.
1828 After the end of the Greek War of Independence, Greece established a monarchy in 1833.
Throughout the19th century and the early 20th century, Greece continued to expand its territory and absorbed the Greek-speaking peoples in the Ottoman Empire until the territory of Greece became what it is now.
During World War II, Greece was occupied by the Axis Powers. After World War II, Greece experienced another civil war.
1949 after the civil war, Greece announced its accession to NATO.
The Japanese staged a coup and later announced the deposing of the king.
The Cyprus problem eventually led to the collapse of the military regime in 1974, and then the monarchy was abolished and the Republic was established by referendum.
1977 After the general election, the leftist forces increased, but the political situation was not chaotic. Since then, the political situation in Greece has been stable.
198 1 year, Greece officially joined Europe.