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Ancient Greece - MSN Encarta |
 | | Ancient Greece, civilization that thrived around the Mediterranean Sea from the 3rd millennium to the 1st century bc, known for advances in philosophy, architecture, drama, government, and science. |
 | | The city-states of ancient Greece fell to Roman conquerors in 146 bc. |
 | | Important settlements were located on the southern Balkan Peninsula; on the Pelopónnisos (Peloponnesus), a large peninsula connected to the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula by the Isthmus of Corinth; and on the large islands of Crete (Kríti), south of the Pelopónnisos, and Sicily, south of the Italian Peninsula. |
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