Questions about modern Greece, from 1828 to present day.
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Are modern Greeks related to the ancient Greeks?
Greece has been subject to many many invasions since the 7th century and there must have been a serious mixing of peoples. In a similar situation, we do not usually consider the French or the Germans ...
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How did Greece avoid the Soviet sphere of influence?
It seems to me that east of Italy / Germany all of Europe was in the Soviet sphere of influence, with the blatant exception of Greece. I'm sure that the long coast made access to Western influence ...