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==History==

Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilisation, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama, as well as the Olympic Games. From the eighth century BC, the Greeks were organised into various independent city-states, known as poleis, which spanned the entire Mediterranean region and the Black Sea.

1973 - Monarchy abolished; Greece declared a republic<br>

1981 - Greece became tenth member of the European Community<br>

The Gregorian calendar is the calendar in common use in the world today. It is a correction of the Julian calendar that had been in use since A.D. 46. Leap years had been miscalculated in the Julian calendar. By 1582, the calendar was 10 days behind the solar year. The Julian calendar changed to the Gregorian calender in Greece in 1923–1924, at which time the calender was changed 13 days to bring it in line with the solar year. Some records kept during Ottoman rule or kept by Greek communities in Asia Minor used the Ottoman calendar, which calculates time from the “flight of Mohammad” on 16 July 622. It is a lunar calendar and the first day of the year varies considerably from year to year. To make this equate to our modern calendar, 622 years must be added to the Ottoman calendar (for example, 1200 Islamic corresponds to 1822–1823 Gregorian). For exact correspondences of dates, use conversion tables such as in the following book:

Village history books can be found in local libraries in Greece. These were usually written by schoolteachers from the village. The authors accessed local history sources, church and archival records to create the histories, making them valuable resources for researchers.   

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