Greece has historical continuity of more than 5,000 years. Nation, called Hellenes, after inhabiting a large part of the Black Sea region (Efxinos Pontus) and explore the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, set state, to make commercial treaties, and explore the outside world, ranging from the Caucasus to the Atlantic and from Scandinavia samapi to Ethiopia . A joint expedition of the famous maritime areas of Greece (Danae or resident sea) laid siege to Troy as narrated in the first major European literary work, Homer's Iliad. Various Greek population was found along the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, the Adriatic Sea, Black Sea and the North African coast resulting from exploration to find new places and commercial areas.
During the classical period (5th century BC), Greece consists of small areas and a large part in various international forms (simple, federation, federal, confederation) and other forms of internal (kekerajaan, tyranny, oligarkhi, constitutional democracy, etc.) The most famous is the Athenian, followed by Sparta and Thebes. A spirit of freedom and a fervent love to make the Greeks defeated the Persians, the superpowers at the time, in the famous battle in the history of humanity-Marathon, Termopylae, Salamis and Plataea.
In the second half of the 4th century BC, many areas in Greece forms part of an Alliance (Cœnon of Corinth) led by Alexander the Great as President and Commander in Chief (Emperor) of the Alliance, King of Macedonia ("Greek takabara" in the language of ancient persia ) declared war with Persia, liberate their brethren who colonized, Ionian, and master the unknown areas next. Produce a society that berkebudayaan Greece from North India to the western Mediterranean Sea and from southern Russia to the Sudan.
In the year 146 BC, the Alliance of the above fell to the Romans. In the year 330, the capital of the Roman state stands a new area, the New Rome or Constantinople, a popular form, a name to commemorate the Roman Emperor, at the time, Khloros Constantine (Constantine the Great). Historians since the 19th century would prefer, for reasons of reference, the last named as the Byzantine period in order to distinguish the year 2203 the Roman territory into two periods. During the second period of classical Greek cultural world of Ancient Greek society turned into the modern world and the Christian west. Byzantine word taken from areas that already existed before (the Byzantine, with Megara as Metropolis) in which new capital is located, Constantinople.
After the capital and in the hands of Turkish territory in 1453, the Greeks under Ottoman rule for nearly 400 years. During this time their language, their religion and a sense of identity remained strong, resulting in many revolutions for independence despite the failure.
On March 25, 1821, the Greeks revolted again, this time successfully, and in 1828, they gained independence. As a new state comprising only a fraction of their modern state, the struggle to liberate the entire area inhabited by Greeks continued. In 1864, together with the Greek Ionian islands, in 1881 most of Epirus and Thessaly. Crete, East Aegean Islands and the Macedonian added in 1913 and Western Thrace in 1919. After World War II, also returned to the Dodecanese islands of Greece.
Currently, Greece is an EU member state (1981) and the monetary-financial system of the Euro-economy.
Source: greekembassy.or.id
