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  List of ancient Greeks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Antiochus I Soter - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus IX Cyzicenus - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus XII Dionysus - Seleucid king of Syria
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 List of ancient Greeks - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Alexander I of Epirus - king of Epirus
Alexander I of Macedon - King of Macedon
Amyntas III of Macedon - King of Macedon
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 Greece Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Greece became a province of the Roman Empire, but Greek culture would continue to dominate the eastern Mediterranean and when the Empire finally split in two the Eastern or Byzantine Empire, centred on Constantinople, would remain Greek in nature, as well as encompassing Greece itself.
In 1973, the régime abolished the Kings of GreeceGreek monarchy.
Greece uses a complex reinforced proportional representation electoral system which discourages splinter parties and ensures that the party which leads in the national vote will win a majority of seats.
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Greece pulled off arguably the biggest shock at a major football championship as a goal by Angelos Charisteas gave them victory at UEFA EURO 2004™.
At this point the Greek fans, heavily outnumbered, took the initiative on behalf of their fellow-countrymen and created a deafening wall of sound at the end Portugal were attacking and it was like a barrier that Portugal could find no way past for the remainder of the first half.
For a time Greece had their backs to the wall as Rui Costa, Deco and Figo probed for an opening, but the defensive discipline that has stood Rehhagel's team in such good stead throughout the tournament once again came to their rescue as Portuguese attacks broke down time after time.
joeyer.blogspot.com /2004/07/greece-kings-of-europe.html   (795 words)

  
 The Kings of Greece
King William George I* was born in 1845.
King Constantine I succeeded George I in 1913.
King George II reigned after Constantine I was forced to abdicate in 1922.
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 Popular monarchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was the norm in earlier times, when kings were considered to govern peoples rather than well-defined states; for example, in the Middle Ages, Scottish kings such as Robert the Bruce were known as Kings of the Scots, not as Kings of Scotland.
Greek monarchs from George I were formally known as Kings of the Hellenes, not Kings of Greece.
King Juan Carlos is King of Spain not King of the Spanish.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Popular_monarchy   (279 words)

  
 TRUTH ABOUT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATING - 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The earliest dates would be the dates assigned to the reign of Menes, who was king at the beginning of the first Egyptian dynasty.
Greece ruled the world at the time, and Manetho wanted to prove that Egypt previously had been a great nation also.
The number of years assigned to each king, and time covered by each dynasty, is different in the two lists.
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 Sfakia People and the Dorians
The earliest known king of Illyria was Hyllus (The Star) who is recorded to have died in the year 1225 B.C. The Illyrians carried on commerce and warfare with their neighbors.
The Dorians settled chiefly in the southern and eastern Peloponnese, establishing strong centres in Laconia (and its capital, Sparta), Messenia, Argolís, and the region of the Isthmus of Corinth.
Doric language was a dialect spoken in Ancient Greece, overshadowed during the Classical Age by other dialects such as Ionic-Attic, Aeolic, and Arcado Cypriot, the latter dominating Greek language from the 5th century BC onward.
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 Search Results for "Greece"
Greece KINGS OF GREECE: DANISH LINE (1863-)The Peloponnesus offered favorable conditions for a revolution by 1821: the Greeks lived under considerable autonomy...
Geography Greece (ancient Hellas) is the extension of the mountain ranges of...
Greece (See Sept. 7)Greece entered the war only in June 1917 after a virtual civil war between the prime minister, Eleftherios Venizelos, and King Constantine...
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 [Thrasher] Greece
Today Greece is a famous tourist site and it is very modern but there are still lots of ancient ruins.
It is surrounded by mountains and called the breadbasket of Greece because of the food crops that are grown there.
Greece is divided into 13 regions and 51 departments.
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As King Christian IX (1863-1906), he was faced with ruling a country reduced in size due to the seizure by Prussia of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, and a nation in great need of reform.
Greece was a country that had fallen from its pre-Christian years of glory to become an area to be annexed by successive empires.
Greece was gifted, by 19th century geopolitics, with a royal family that is good looking, intelligent, able to adapt to changing situations, and most importantly, one that has a strong sense of duty to their country.
www.christinesroyalty.net /royalfamilies/greece/history.html   (4112 words)

  
 King of Greece: Battle for Crete: New Zealand in the Second World War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
George II was king of the Hellenes from 1922—23 and 1935—47.
The king was on Crete in April and May 1941 because he and the British government thought it was important that while there was still a part of Greece unoccupied by the Germans, a Greek government should remain on it.
The king was staying in a house near Suda until 19 May, guarded by B Company of 18 Battalion.
www.nzhistory.net.nz /Gallery/crete/greece-king.htm   (481 words)

  
 2. Greece. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
The new Greek state included none of the large Greek commercial centers, all of which remained in the Ottoman Empire, and embraced only three-quarters of the empire's 2 million Greeks.
The existence of such a large diaspora outside its borders dictated Greece's foreign policy throughout the century, as its leaders strove constantly to expand.
The Ottomans, a small minority, were ruthlessly slaughtered, and the movement spread rapidly to the rest of Greece.
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 Royalty.nu - Greek Royalty - History, News, Books About Royal Greece
"Crown Prince Pavlos, 38, is the eldest son of King Constantine, former king of Greece, and Queen Anne-Marie.
Kings of the Hellenes: The Greek Kings 1863-1974 by John Van Der Kiste.
A King's Confectioner in the Orient: Friedrich Unger, Court Confectioner to King Otto I of Greece by Friedrich Unger.
www.royalty.nu /Europe/Balkan/Greece.html   (2680 words)

  
 RULERS OF GREECE (HELLAS)
Son of Ludwig I of Bavaria; elected king 1832; deposed, died 1867
Son of Christian IX of Denmark; elected king 1863; assassinated
KŌNSTANTINOS II Son of Paulos; in exile from 1967; deposed
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 Hellenistic Greece: Alexander
So the generals which had aided him divided the empire among themselves in order to preserve the empire for the future, as yet unborn, king; this would guarantee that Alexander's empire would remain in the royal line of Macedonian kings.
In two decades of conflict, several of the original generals were killed, along with Alexander's son and brother.
Greece and Macedonia fell to Antigonus, who founded the Antigonid dynasty of Greek kings; this dynasty would eventually control Asia Minor.
www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/GREECE/3EMPIRES.HTM   (812 words)

  
 Beast of Revelation: What does it signify?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Five have fallen: The King of Persia and the Four Kings of Greece have fallen.
One king is: The King of Rome held power at the time of the vision.
The little horn is described in Revelation as the King of Babylon whose deadly wound was healed.
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 Kingdoms of Greece - Kingdom of Greece
Ancient Greece was conquered piecemeal by the Romans in the last two centuries BC.
They were finding a good deal of success in their fight against the Turks, but the modernised Egyptian army under Muhammed Ali was ordered to sail to Greece to put a stop to their efforts.
Elder brother of King Frederick VIII of Denmark.
www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/GreeceKingdom.htm   (282 words)

  
 Tales of Troy - Chapter 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Each king had nobles under him, rich men, and all had their palaces, each with its courtyard, and its long hall, where the fire burned in the midst, and the King and Queen sat beside it on high thrones, between the four chief carved pillars that held up the roof.
At night the King and Queen slept in their own place, and the women in their own rooms; the princesses had their chambers upstairs, and the young princes had each his room built separate in the courtyard.
The kings were the leaders in war and judges in peace, and did sacrifices to the Gods, killing cattle and swine and sheep, on which they afterwards dined.
www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/fantasy/TalesofTroy/chap2.html   (1243 words)

  
 The Ultimate Paul of Greece - American History Information Guide and Reference
Paul, King of the Hellenes (December 14, 1901 - March 6, 1964), was King of Greece from 1947 to 1964.
During most of WW II, when Greece was under German occupation, he was with the Greek government-in-exile in London and Cairo.
He returned to Greece in 1946 and succeeded to the throne in 1947, on the death of his brother, George II.
www.historymania.com /american_history/Paul_of_Greece   (171 words)

  
 Popular monarchy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Greek monarchs from George I of GreeceGeorge I were formally known as Kings of GreeceKings of the Hellenes/, not Kings of Greece.
King Juan Carlos of SpainJuan Carlos/ is ''King of Spain'' not ''King of the Spanish''.
The form was first used in a constitutional setting in the 1791 Constitution of France, which changed King Louis XVI of FranceLouis XVI's title from the traditional form of ''King of France'' to ''King of the French''.
www.infothis.com /find/Popular_monarchy   (492 words)

  
 George II, king of Greece. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
1890–1947, king of the Hellenes (1922–23, 1935–47), successor and eldest son of King Constantine I.
Hostility to the dynasty was such, however, that George was compelled to leave Greece in 1923; a plebiscite shortly afterward established a republic.
When Greece was liberated (1944) the question of the king’s return was a major issue in the Greek civil war that began in Dec., 1944.
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 Monarchies by Country - Kings of Greece
He was chosen at the London Conference to become the King of the newly independent state of Greece.
Even though he was the eldest son of Konstantinos, the allies passed him over to rule Greece since they thought he was pro-German.
In 1923 he was forced to leave the country and Greece became a republic.
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 Syntagma square, Unknown soldier monument and the Greek Parliament in Athens
This enormous cube of pentelic marble is an imposing edifice of three stories, which dominates the town.
This historical Palace that saw so many brilliant days under the first kings of Greece was destroyed internally in 1910 by a great fire.
By these repairs the Museum of king George I, which was on the first story, has been removed from there, out of its natural place.
www.tourtripgreece.gr /athens_guide/sightseeings/04.php   (223 words)

  
 The Greek Princess
For it seemed that the Prince their master had carried off the wife of one of the kings of Greece, together with much of his treasure - and this after the Greek king had received him as a guest and friend, and entertained him kindly in his palace.
'King of Egypt,' answered the leader, 'we few sailors come from the islands and are of the Greek people, whom you call Aquaiusha, not men of Troy, whom we hold to be barbarians.
No, King Tyndareus gave his daughter to Menelaus, the younger son of the King of Mycenae, and made all the rest of her suitors swear to abide by his choice and to stand by Menelaus should anyone strive to steal his wife.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Ithaca/4396/greekprincess.htm   (3976 words)

  
 Alexander the Great : Library of Congress Citations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Greece -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Gustaf -- II Adolf, -- King of Sweden, -- 1594-1632.
Frederick -- II, -- King of Prussia, -- 1712-1786.
www.mala.bc.ca /~mcneil/cit/citlcalex1.htm   (1405 words)

  
 Homework Helpers - Ancient History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ancient Greece : a political, social, and cultural history / Sarah B. Pomeroy and others.
Ancient Greece : social and historical documents from archaic times to the death of Socrates (c.800-399BC) / Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland.
The Cambridge illustrated history of Ancient Greece / edited by Paul Cartledge.
www.canterbury.nsw.gov.au /library/homezone/ancient.htm   (388 words)

  
 Learn more about Lists of incumbents in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kings of Israel and Judah, see Kingdom of Israel
Kings of the Isle of Man and the Isles
Dukes of Savoy, Kings of Sardinia, and Kings of Italy from 1861
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/lists_of_incumbents.html   (538 words)

  
 Otto I, king of Greece
The second son of King Louis I of Bavaria, he was chosen (1832) by a conference of European powers at London to rule newly independent
His authority was further weakened when Greece sought to attack Turkey in 1854 after the outbreak of the Crimean War; France and Britain as a result occupied the port of Piraeus (Piraiévs).
The king's attempts to discard the constitution led to another military revolt (1862) and to his deposition.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0837075.html   (139 words)

  
 Gypsies are dirty, not kings in Greece- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
If only we had electricity and running water — we would be kings.'' Determined to prove to the world they could put on a first-class event, the Greek government estimates costs for the Athens Olympics will likely top $8.5 billion.
But you see here today a part of Greece of which I am ashamed,'' Parianos said, pointing to a trickle of overflowing sewage.
While some Gypsies in Greece are Muslims with Albanian and Turkish ancestry — provoking a double dose of discrimination in this Christian Orthodox nation — most are descendants of nomadic north Indians who made their way to Europe via the Byzantine Empire in the 11th century.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-825080,prtpage-1.cms   (515 words)

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