Slide 1:Greek IntroReligion. About 94 percent of Greece’s population is at least nominally Greek Orthodox (see Orthodox Church). Baptisms, marriages, and burials according to the rites of the Orthodox Church are the norm for a great majority of GreeksHistory: In the 1st millennium BC, ancient Greek city-states led by Athens made tremendous advances in government, philosophy, and the arts. The ancient Greek civilization was concentrated on the coastlines of present-day Greece and its islands, as well as the Aegean coast of what is today Turkey.
The archaeological remains of many of the cities and sacred sites of ancient Greece are located in modern Greece. For a discussion of ancient Greek civilization and history, see Ancient GreeceEconomy:Throughout the first half Slide 1:Greek IntroReligion. About 94 percent of Greece’s population is at least nominally Greek Orthodox (see Orthodox Church). Baptisms, marriages, and burials according to the rites of the Orthodox Church are the norm for a great majority of GreeksHistory: In the 1st millennium BC, ancient Greek city-states led by Athens made tremendous advances in government, philosophy, and the arts. The ancient Greek civilization was concentrated on the coastlines of Orthodox Church).
Baptisms, marriages, and burials according to the rites of the Orthodox Church are the norm for a great majority of GreeksHistory: In the 1st millennium BC, ancient Greek city-states led least nominally Greek Orthodox (see Orthodox Church). Baptisms, marriages, and burials according to the .
