Background – Briefly describe the country, economic status, structure, etc.
In the southernmost Region of the Balka Peninsula lays the country of Greece. This country has numerous of thought-provoking facts. Greece is composed of the mainland and has over 1400 smaller islands which are spread out in the Aegean and Ionian seas. The total area of Greece which is about the size of the U.S state Alabama which is a total area of 50,942 sq. mi. The population of the country is 11,304,000 people. Around the country of Greece are numerous notable landmarks such as the Mediterranean Sea which is located to the south, and the country of Turkey which is located to the northeast. Also surrounding Greece is Albania which located on the northwest,
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The Greek Orthodox Church is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Communion. While Christianity dominates the religious observance, Greece has a high influx of Catholics, Protestants and Islamic who worship within the boundaries of Greece. The Greek Byzantine Catholic Church has about 5000 members mostly of which in Athens. Protestants which worships under the Greek Evangelical church and has about 30,000 members. The Islamic that are in country mostly have immigrated from the Middle East and other countries that have a high amount of Islamic worship. The number of Muslims in Greece is anywhere from 200,000 to 300,000. A majority of the churches in Greece aren’t federally taxed by the government either. Just as most developed countries, Greece has a strong media outlet. The Broacast media has about 150 channels. About 10 percent of those channels are broadcasted nationally across the country. Most of the Televison and 1500 radio stations are dominated by privately owned companies. Out of all the television and radio stations, Greece only has 2 government controlled radio stations which are provided for emergency broadcast networks. Greece has 3.2 million internet hosts which makes them ranked 32nd in the world when providing internet service. This is important because the internet is the go to source for all news and information. The more people that are connected to the internet, the more people can research and learn. 6.2 million people
The way to better the world is to go back to the past and learn the ways of those who came before and learned from their mistakes; sort of like time traveling. When going back in time and comparing the ancient civilizations of Rome and Greece to today, the root of our knowledge is greatly influenced on the minds who have lived at that time. Some may ask which civilization had the most impact on United States and the world? Many would say that the Romans had the most impact on United States and the world and some may contradict and say Greece had the most influence. However, Greece influenced the world and the United States the most in tremendous ways. Greece gave the United States the influence to start it’s first
Erudition, innovation, sophistication, every word and thousands more are associated with the name Greece. Steeped in complex lore, mythology, and history, it stands as a turning point in European culture. Its ideas and inventions are responsible for shaping many future events and turning the tide in science, art, and philosophy. At one time a group of city states, Greece was dominated by two centers a cultural one, Athens, and a military one, Sparta. Athens is probably best known for its playwrights, its philosophers, and the Acropolis. Sparta on the other hand is remembered as a military marvel where courage was the highest virtue. Legend tells that it had no walls for its best and only defense was its citizens’ valor
together can be a bad action taken by the government. The reason I say this is because, in economic terms, reduction in government spending and increasing tax collection at the same time is like hitting someone with two hammers together. This will only lead to a shift to the left of aggregate demand and is it impossible for the people to pay taxes when the living standards is low. (Figure 2)
What is a peninsula in Europe featuring over 2,000 islands? This is no other than Greece. It has been geographically shaped by tectonic plates as well as grabens occurring previously in its age. Consequently, the land is rugged and hilly. In addition to geography, the Greeks have contributed immensely to our world’s culture. In Greece, you can find sculptures, such as the intricately designed Discobolus. Arts and mathematics have also bloomed there due to people such as Archimedes, Aristotle, and Euclid. Throughout this essay, Greece’s location, shape, size, surrounding countries, enclosing bodies of water, landforms, climate, vegetation, as well as government, will be portrayed.
Greece is located on the Southern part of Europe. Also, on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. Greece dominates the Sea and the southern route to the Turkish Strait because of its location west of the Aegean Sea. Greece is mostly surrounded
The Greeks where the first democracy in the world. There government was made up of six thousand members all of witch where male citizens. They voted on problems that needed to be solved and if a law was to pass a majority vote was needed. Now in the United States also has a democracy. Instead of having six thousand people voting and making the decisions all the people vote on a representative that makes the decisions in the country.
Under the new constitution, there is a president and a prime minister. The prime minister has the most power, and is the leader of the party that has the most seats in the parliament. The president selects cabinet ministers who run government departments. The parliament, called the Vouli, has only one house with 300 members who are elected every four years. Greece became part of the European Union in 1981. The politics of Greece takes place in a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Greece is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Hellenic Parliament. Between the restoration of democracy in 1974 and the Greek government-debt crisis the party system was dominated by the liberal-conservative New Democracy and the social-democratic Panhellenic Socialist Movement. The country is a significant agricultural producer within the EU. Greece has the largest economy in the Balkans and is as an important regional investor. Greece was the largest foreign investor in Albania in 2013, the third in Bulgaria, in the top-three in Romania and Serbia and the most important trading partner and largest foreign investor in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The Greek telecommunications company OTE has become a strong investor in former Yugoslavia and in other Balkan countries. The country is a
During 490-479 BC the Empire of Persia had series of conflicts with Greek-City States. One of the pivotal moments in the Persian war was the battle of Thermopylae. The battle of Thermopylae took place in Greece, it started when Darius the king of Persia sent emissaries to Greece asking for land and water as an acceptance to his submission.The Spartans didn’t accept the offer and threw them down a well as a form of execution. This meant that they were effectively at war with Persia. Bernard Knox explains the actions that caused the battle, and the battle itself in an excerpt from a book called The Novel Book of Classical Literature . In this
Did you know that Greeks wave with the back of their hand facing out, instead of in? This is just one of many interesting facts about Greece. Greece is 50,949 square miles, which is around the size of Alabama. They have a president and a Prime Minister as their main government positions, and 98% of their population is Christian Orthodox, which is influenced through the Prime Minister. Also, Greeks love their food. Therefore, amazing whole made food is daily produced for many festivals, which makes it a huge tourist attraction. Greece is very mountainous and dry, but does get anywhere from 20-40 inches of rain a year. And finally, if you're ever planning a trip to Greece, May is the best month to go, because they get only 1.5 centimeters of
Greece; where many of the most important scientific and philosophical questions are thought to have first arisen, is also considered by most to be the birthplace of demokratia; or as we regard it, democracy. A system for and by the people, democracy has since transcended its early Athenian practice to become the most predominant political system in the world today. Thus wouldn't it be fitting to think that by now, Greece of all places would have found equilibrium throughout every aspect of a system it birthed several thousand years ago? Logically, this would make sense, but a democratic system of governance hasn't always been the preferred practice in Greece. In fact, Greece's democratic model is still relatively young when
For decades, the easiest way to rise through the ranks in the republican party is to not only speak bad about government, but to do so in such extreme ways that you get noticed. Ronald Reagan famously said that government is not a solution to our problem, but that government is the problem. Grover Norquist is famous for his widely quoted comment that he wants to shrink government “down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub. If you want to get noticed, you must not only show why government is bad, but also how you will make sure it doesn’t stand in the way of anyone who wants to make money no matter who gets hurts in the process, pollute the environment without consequences and all the while making sure the rich gets richer at the expense of the poor and pay as little tax as possible.
“The Orthodox Church is strongly connected to the Greek Nation since the Byzantine times, when the Patriarch of Constantinople had a strong power over the national matters. During the Ottoman rule, from 1453 to 1821, the Orthodox religion was an important element for the conservation and the
Greece is a Parliamentary Republic and consists of Three Branches of Government. The branches of government are The Executive Branch, The Legislative Branch, and The Judiciary Branch. The Executive Branch is also known as the Ministerial Council and consists of The President of the Republic and The Prime minister of the government. The President of the republic is Voted in by Parliament for a five-year term with a maximum two-year term in office. The role of the President of the Republic is mostly ceremonial since the constitutional reform in 1986. Unlike the President, the Prime minister is voted in by the people and has an unlimited term in office. The Prime Minister is the chief executive and the country's leading political figure. Next is the Legislative Branch that is composed of Three Hundred members of Parliament. Each member is elected for a four-year term. The method used for electing members of the Legislative Branch is called Proportional Representation. Lastly, we have the Judicial Branch. The Judicial Branch is composed of Three branches much like the United States. Civil, Criminal, and Administrative branch. The civil and criminal Branches have 56 judges including the courts presidents. The administrative branch consists of the president, the prime minister, 42 councilors, 98 associates, and reporting judges.
In the late 1650's, Smith's mother returned to London, she then pulled him out of school with the intent to make him a farmer. After marrying Elizabeth, Smith's father fell ill for several months. After no sign of recovery, a lawyer was summoned to the manor. A will was drawn up, including one hundred acres of land, the manor house, livestock, grain, and Smith Senior's death. His mother gave birth to Smith three months after Smith senior died. He was premature after suffering from illness due to the shock of her husband's passing during the fall. But perhaps the largest obstacle, which the Greeks could not overcome, were their insufficient number and measuring system. This shows tat greece people are bad at
In a relatively resource-poor region, a society rose from the access of foreign sources of raw materials and markets abroad. This society came to be known as one of the largest nations in Eurasia. The rise and fall of this great nation has to do with war-fare and the conflict between city-states. Their division led to the widespread of language and culture. This is the great story of Ancient Greece and how individualism changed the view Greece had on certain issues. (Bulliet 99) From 1000 B.C.E to 30 B.C.E, Ancient Greece’s view on individualism changed the political system Greece had, over time changed the way individuals thought and made important Intellectual changes, and gradually changed the Economic system such as bartering.