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| | Are Greeks Greek? |
 | | Greece and the Greek Isles began to show signs of social organization with the Minoan Civilization, from around 2600 BC, and the Mycenaean Civilization, from around 2000 BC, but usually when people talk about ancient Greece, they are speaking of the Trojan War, of 1184 BC, and subsequent centuries. |
 | | In the 5th century BC, the Persians, who had occupied Greece, were defeated at Plataea. |
 | | Cleopatra, the last Ptolemy, forming an alliance with Mark Antony, was defeated by Augustus Caesar in 31 BC, whereupon Greece and Egypt were incorporated into the Roman Empire. |
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