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In Greece in 1946-1949 there was a bloody civil war between the West-supported right-wing monarchist dictatorship and the Communist rebels of Democratic Army of Greece (DSE). The government won the war and harsh repressions followed. The Communist party was outlawed and Greece entered NATO.
It should be noted that due to Soviet-Western war-time agreements ...
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Until the day comes that we have DNA technology (and theory) advanced to the point where we can look at the genetic lineage of large groups of people, really the best indicator we have for cultural decent is language.
Now language isn't perfect in this regard. For instance, there are a lot of people indigenous to the Americas whose language has been lost ...
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