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Hitler can only reach Greece through | HISTORY OF THE BALKANS

Germany and the Balkans

Hitler can only reach Greece through Yugoslavia, which in early 1941 is still trying to preserve a degree of independence. But further north he has secured his position by a mixture of alliances and force.

The fir...

Hitler can only reach Greece through | THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Germany and the Balkans

Hitler can only reach Greece through Yugoslavia, which in early 1941 is still trying to preserve a degree of independence. But further north he has secured his position by a mixture of alliances and force.

The fir...

In muted form Mycenaean Greece survives | HISTORY OF GREECE

Doric and Ionic

In muted form Mycenaean Greece survives this first assault. But it suffers a final blow later in the 12th century at the hands of the Dorians - northern tribesmen, as yet uncivilized, who speak the Doric dialect of Greek...

In muted form Mycenaean Greece survives | HISTORY OF AEGEAN CIVILIZATION

Doric and Ionic

In muted form Mycenaean Greece survives this first assault. But it suffers a final blow later in the 12th century at the hands of the Dorians - northern tribesmen, as yet uncivilized, who speak the Doric dialect of Greek...

With the dominance of Greece and | HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION

Regional civilizations

With the dominance of Greece and Rome in the west (both successfully managing a transition from pagan to Christian empires), of China in the east, and of strongly individual cultures in central and south America, each su...

From the days of ancient Greece | HISTORY OF GEOLOGY

The beginnings of scientific geology

From the days of ancient Greece men wonder how rocks were formed, and how fossils came to be embedded in them - even, in places, high among mountains. Theories abound, but there is no way of checking them except by using...