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But something profitable, is tourism. Millions of people go to Greece as a vacation.

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Even though Greece is experiencing rapid economic growth, it still falls behind many other European countries. Greece has a lack of resources, unlike other countries.

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Outside of Greece is very different, people have farms,and people still live in isolated villages.

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The capital of Greece is Athens, and that is also the largest city in Greece. In face 1/3 of the total population lives in Greece.

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When people think of Greece, people think of ancient Greece.
In fact Greece's past overshadows the future. Greece is a largely urbanized society with a rapidly growing and diverse economy.

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Family is a very important factor to Greece today. On special occasions, to whole family gets together to eat.

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Greek customs reflect the country's long history and physical geography.
Example: Greek food is influenced by the native cultures that had ruled Greece over time.

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Even though most of their language is the same, their ancient religion has disappeared. But today, they practice Christianity.

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In face, Greek is one of the oldest languages spoken today.

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People of Greece speak a similar form of language, as their ancestors speak.

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Over a lot of years, many factors have combined to shape the Greek culture.
Examples are, Language, Christianity, and customs adopted from the many groups that ruled Greece.

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Parts of Greek culture began to fade. Many people started speaking Turkish.

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The Byzantine empire ended after 1000 years.  But in the 1300's and 1400's, The Ottoman Turks took over.
The Turks were Muslim, but they allowed the people of Greece to keep their religion.

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After it was divided into 2 parts, Greece became part of the Byzantine empire.
But, the rulers of the Empire admired the Greeks  way of life, and
encouraged the Greek culture. As well as Christianity.

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After about AD 400 the Roman empire was divided into 2 parts.

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Alexander the great's empire didn't last long.
So, Greece became part of another empire, the Roman empire, and they stayed with them for about 300 years.

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They hadn't lasted forever though. In the 300 BC Alexander the great took over, and it became his empire.

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The ancient Greeks have invented many things we still use today, such as, Theater, philosophy, Democracy, art, architecture. They invented new forms of literature, including history, and drama. They also made advances in geometry, and other branches in math that we still study.

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Greece is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, it's been called the birthplace of western culture.
Ancient Greeks still influence things to this day.