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  • 51Greek Dark Ages — The Dark Ages (ca. 1150 BC–800 BC) refers to Greek history from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Mycenaean civilization in the 11th century BC, to the first Greek city states in the 9th century BC.The archaeological evidence shows a… …

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  • 52Greek Vampires — There are over a dozen words in the Greek language that translate to mean vampire, and it is no wonder, as Greece has more species of vampires and vampiric creatures than any other country. Just like the great white shark, which over the eons has …

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  • 53Greek American — Infobox Ethnic group group = Greek Americans Billy Zane • Pete Sampras • Spiro Agnew Alexander Payne • George Stephanopoulos• Nicholas Negroponte flagicon|Greeceflagicon|USA poptime = 1,380,258cite web… …

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  • 54Greek — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. Hellenic, Hellenistic, Helladic, Minoan, Dorian, Attic, Boeotian, Athenian, Spartan, Peloponnesian, Ionian, Corinthian, Thessalonian, ancient, classic, Homeric; see also classical 2 . n. 1. [A citizen of Greece] Syn.… …

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  • 55Greek Magical Papyri — The Greek Magical Papyri (Latin Papyri Graecae Magicae, abbreviated PGM) is the name given by scholars to a body of papyri from Graeco Roman Egypt, which each contain a number of magical spells, formulae, hymns and rituals. The materials in the… …

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  • 56Greek words for love — There are a number of different Greek words for love, as the Greek language distinguishes how the word is used. Ancient Greek has three distinct words for love: eros , philia , and agape . However, as with other languages, it has been… …

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  • 57Greek Independence, War of — (1821–32) Rebellion of Greeks within the Ottoman empire. The revolt began under the leadership of Alexandros Ypsilanti (1792–1828). He was soon defeated, but in the meantime other rebels in Greece and on several islands gained control of the… …

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  • 58Greek — {{11}}Greek (adj.) late 14c., from GREEK (Cf. Greek) (n.). Earlier Gregeis (c.1300), from O.Fr. Gregois; also Greekish (O.E. Grecisc). In venery, anal, by 1970. Greek gift is from Æneid, II.49: timeo Danaos et dona ferentes. {{12}}Greek (n.) O.E …

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  • 59Greek Radio (Australia) — Infobox Radio station name = Greek Radio area = Sydney slogan = frequency = 1683 kHz AM format = Greek language programming callsign = airdate = 1996 owner = Costas Nikolis Greek Radio is a narrowcast radio station based in Revesby, broadcasting… …

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  • 60Greek Constitution of 1911 — The Greek Constitution of 1911 was a major step forward in the Constitutional history of Greece. Following the rise to power of Eleftherios Venizelos after an attempted military coup in Goudi in 1909, Venizelos set about attempting to reform the… …

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