Is Greece in Europe?

Greece is in Europe, a member of the European Union, located in the southeast corner of Europe. The whole country consists of the Peloponnesian Peninsula in the south of the peninsula and more than 3,000 islands in the Aegean Sea.

Greece is a strategic place connecting Europe, Asia and Africa. It borders Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria in the northwest and Turkey in the northeast. It is surrounded by Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Ionian Sea from east to west.

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Ancient Greece, the birthplace of western civilization, has a long history and created splendid ancient culture, which has had a great impact on the historical development of Europe, Asia and Africa.

In 3000 BC, the Aegean civilization flourished. Later, Aegean civilization declined due to the invasion of backward tribes in the north. From about 2000 BC to 30 BC, ancient Greece was a series of slave-holding countries in the whole Mediterranean region, including North Africa, West Asia, southern Italy and Sicily, with the Balkans, Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor as the center.

1 1 century ago, it entered the Homer era. Since the 8th century, hundreds of slave cities have been established in various parts of Greece. After the Greek-Persian War in the 5th century, the Greek city-states entered a prosperous stage, with prosperous economy and trade and outstanding cultural achievements. After the Peloponnesian War, it went into decline. The Greek peninsula was conquered by the Kingdom of Macedonia in the 4th century and ruled by Rome in the 2nd century.

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