"The Greeks in South Africa" (PDF). In Clogg, Richard (ed.). The Greek Diaspora in the Twentieth Century. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 120–136. ISBN 9780333600474. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2015. External links. Greeks in South Africa on AusGreekNet.com; Hellenic Community of Cape Town

Greeks have been living in what is now Turkey continuously since the middle 2nd millennium BC. Following upheavals in mainland Greece during the Bronze Age Collapse, the Aegean coast of Asia Minor was heavily settled by Ionian and Aeolian Greeks and became known as Ionia and Aeolia.During the era of Greek colonization from the 8th to the 6th century BC, numerous Greek …

A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its name in English is a (pronounced / ˈ eɪ /), plural aes. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar.

Prior to direct intervention in World War I, Italy occupied the port of Vlorë in Albania in December 1914. Upon entering the war, Italy spread its occupation to region of southern Albania beginning in the autumn 1916. Italian forces in 1916 recruited Albanian irregulars to serve alongside them. Italy with permission of the Allied command, occupied Northern Epirus on 23 August 1916, …

The Kingdom of Greece (Greek: Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος [vaˈsili.on tis eˈlaðos]) was established in 1832 and was the successor state to the First Hellenic Republic.It was internationally recognised by the Treaty of Constantinople, where Greece also secured its full independence from the Ottoman Empire after nearly four centuries.. The Kingdom of Greece was dissolved in ...

The Aromanians, also known as Vlachs, are a population group linguistically related to Romanians. Aromanian is a Balkan Romance language.It is spoken by the around 250,000 Aromanians in Greece.. Megleno-Romanian. Megleno-Romanian is a Romance language spoken in Greece and North Macedonia.There are roughly 2,500 speakers in Greece. Macedonian

The Lake Prespa is located on the tripoint of North Macedonia, Albania, and Greece.It is a system of two lakes separated by an isthmus: the Great Prespa Lake, divided between the three countries, and the Little Prespa Lake, mostly within Greece.They are the highest tectonic lakes in the Balkans, standing at an elevation of 853 metres (2,799 ft).. The area contains three national …

The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania (Albanian: Kisha Ortodokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë), commonly known as the Albanian Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church of Albania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church.It declared its autocephaly in 1922 through its Congress of 1922, and gained recognition from the Patriarch of Constantinople in 1937.

Various uses of the term "Olympic" to describe athletic events in the modern era have been documented since the 17th century. The first such event was the Cotswold Games or "Cotswold Olimpick Games", an annual meeting near Chipping Campden, England, involving various sports.It was first organised by the lawyer Robert Dover between 1612 and 1642, with several later …

Los nombres utilizados para referirse a la nación de Grecia y al pueblo griego varían dependiendo del idioma, la ubicación y la cultura. Aunque los griegos llaman al país Hellás o Ellada (en griego, Ελλάς o Ελλάδα) y su nombre oficial es República Helénica, en español se le conoce como Grecia, que proviene del término en latín Graecia.

Greeks retreat from Northern Epirus after the region is annexed by Albania following the Protocol of Florence. Northern Epirus declares independence shortly after the Greek retreat, resulting in the First Northern Epirote Uprising. Ohrid-Debar Uprising (September–October 1913) State of Albania Albanian Rebels in Macedonia Kingdom of Bulgaria IMRO

Albania. In the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, Islamic culture and life was destroyed through state policies and a group of Albanian historians, ... On 13 February 1963 Greeks and Greek Cypriots attacked the Turkish Cypriot quarter …