Greece, a south-eastern European country, is also officially known as the Hellenic epublic. The country "occupies the southernmost part of the Balkan Peninsula and borders on the Ionian Sea in the west, on the Mediterranean Sea in the south, on the Aegean Sea in the east, on Turkey and Bulgaria in the northeast, on Macedonia in the north, and on Albania in the northwest" ("Greece," 2012). The largest city and capital of Greece is Athens.
Geographical Characteristics

Approximately seventy-five percent of the country is mountainous whereas just about twenty percent of the land is suitable for growing crops. The country can be divided into 4 major geographical regions i.e. Northern Greece, Central Greece, and Southern Greece whereas the fourth region is comprised of numerous islands among which Crete, Zakinthos, the Northern Sporades, the Thasos are the notable ones. There are few rivers in the country and none of them is crossable.

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Greece from The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. (n.d.). Questia, Your Online Research Library. Retrieved December 11, 2012, from  http://www.questia.com/read/1E1-Greece/greece 

Kitroeff, A. (n.d.). The Story of Greek Migration to America | The Journey: The Greek American Dream - A documentary film by Maria Iliou. The Journey: The Greek American Dream - A documentary film by Maria Iliou. Retrieved December 11, 2012, from http://www.thejourneygreekamericandream.org/historical.htm

Olympic games from The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. (n.d.). Questia, Your Online Research Library. Retrieved December 11, 2012, from  http://www.questia.com/read/1E1-Olympicg/olympic-games

These are largely consequences of the geographical and geostrategic position of the Greek state.
There are other courses of action as well which influence both the EU and Greece which result from Greece's position. Given the proximity of the state towards Africa through the Mediterranean Sea, Greece has an important access to the Middle East. In this sense, it fosters relations both with Israel, as well as with the Arab countries. On this issue, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs points out that "in respect of the Mediterranean countries of Europe these relations fall within, and are largely dictated by, the political, economic and legal framework of the European Union." (2008) Under these general guidelines Greece established the Mediterranean Forum in 1994 and is working in close cooperation with the European Union in the Euro Mediterranean partnership. This aspect is important because it offers a sense of multiple dimensions to the…...

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Bilgic, T. & Karatzas, P. (2004). The Contraction in Greece-Turkey-EU Triangle: Rapprochements at the Edges. Accessed 16 June 2008, at http://www.econturk.org/Turkisheconomy/turkeygreece.pdf

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Indeed, Elton appears to favor the view that the army itself was a powerful and formidable force, but was divided by often self-serving emperors, which drained it of its energy.
The tragedy of Rome is that it could not maintain what was once a very powerful unified force. While citizens might still have been loyal to Rome and their citizenship, the emperors appear to hardly have been so, and indeed, they appeared both increasingly irrational and selfish in their actions, rather than acting as leaders that would continue their powerful expansion throughout the world. The reason for Rome's longevity lies in the unity, loyalty and mutual support between citizens and their rulers. When this began to collapse, external factors ensured that the collapse would later be complete.

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Elton, Hugh. The Collapse of the roman empire - Military Aspects. Late Antiquity in the Mediterranean. http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/orb/milex.htm

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2091).
Today, the European Union is an international organization comprised of 25 European countries that governs common economic, social, and security policies. While it was originally restricted solely to the nations of Western Europe, the EU has since expanded to include several central and eastern European countries (Gabel, 2006).

The countries of the EU today are, in alphabetical order, Austria, elgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Originally, the EU was created by the Maastricht Treaty, which entered into force on November 1, 1993; this treaty was intended to enhance European political and economic integration by creating a single currency (the euro), a unified foreign and security policy, common citizenship rights, and by advancing cooperation in the areas of immigration, asylum, and judicial affairs (Gabel, 2006).

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Dale, R. (2003). European Union, properly construed. Policy Review, 122, 39.

Dimitrakopoulos, D.G., & Passas, a.G. (2004). Greece in the European Union. New York: Routledge.

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Eriksen, E.O., Fossum, J.E., & Menendez, a.J. (2004). - Developing a constitution for Europe. New York: Routledge.

This flaw creates an incentive for firms to accumulate large sums of unpaid taxes over several years and then enter into negotiations with the tax authorities in order to remit small proportion of taxes. This flaw has been a constant feature of all tax reforms and thus makes the whole tax system less credible and more prone to abuse.
Following the inadequate government intervention, it is clear that, in 2009, the Greek economy was subjected to full blown crisis, where the global market and investors lacked confidence in the monetary regime of Greek economy. As such, it demonstrates the reason why the EU/IMF was not successful in implementing its rescue plan that would have enabled the pressure on Greek government bond yield to subside. The rescue plan was not successful as the Greek government bond yield had a high risk of default and strong expectations from the investors that the…...

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Arghyrou, M.G., 2006. The effects of the accession of Greece to the EMU: Initial estimates. Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE), Study No 64: Athens.

Arghyrou, M.G., 2009. Monetary policy before and after the euro: Evidence from Greece. Empirical Economics, 36: 621-43.

Arghyrou, M.G. And Chortareas, G., 2008. "Current account imbalances and real exchange rates in the euro area." Review of International Economics, 16: 747-64.

Arghyrou, M.G. And Tsoukalas, J., 2010. "The option of last resort: A two-currency EMU." Published on 7 February 2010 at www.roubini.com. Available at:  http://www.roubini.com/euromonitor/258379/the_option_of_last_resort__a_two-currency_emu

Greece
Ancient Greece has been thoroughly investigated by historical scholars. Some of the most beautiful art and the most intelligent science have come to the population of the world through the work of these ancient thinkers. Ancient Greece was also home of some of the world's most beautiful architecture. They were also the founders of modern philosophy and politics, as well as the basic principles of morality and ethics that modern people accept as fact. At the start of Grecian culture, artists and craftsman were seen as relatively unimportant members of society. In around the year 480 BC, art became far more important as it became clear that through artistic media, stories could be written and legacies historicized.[footnoteRef:1] hat is known for a fact about Ancient Greek is limited because, but through the writings and artwork of those that lived so long ago, scholars can piece together an understanding of a…...

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Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics.

Dinsmoor, William Bell & William James Anderson. The Architecture of Ancient Greece: an Account of its Historic Development. (New York: Biblo. 1928).

Ebenstein, Alan. Introduction to Political Thinkers. (Wadsworth. 2002). 59

Hodge, Susie. Ancient Greek Art. (Chicago: Heinemann. 2006).

Greek Debt
The European Commission on Wednesday adopted a series of recommendations to ensure that the budget deficit of Greece is brought below 3% of GDP by 2012, that the government timely implements a reform programme to restore the competitiveness of its economy and generally runs policies that take account of its long-term interest and the general interest of the euro area and of the European Union as a whole (Europa, 2010)

The opening statement made by Europa, the official website of the EU on February 3, 2010 provided in a nutshell the end result of two significant and yet colliding considerations: the nature of the Greek financial system as it has been for upwards of 100 years, and the administrative shortcomings of the operational realities of the Euro Zone. Both entities have significant problems in their own rights that have resulted in major infrastructural shortcomings and effectively driven them both deeper…...

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Capanoglu, S.G. (2010). The debt crisis in Greece and the Euro Zone. Economic Development Foundation. IKV.

Collignon, S. (2010). Private Union Bonds as an exit from the Greek drama. .

Europa (2010). Commission assesses Stability Programme of Greece; makes recommendations to correct the excessive budget deficit, improve competitiveness through structural reforms and provide reliable statistics. RAPID Press Release, Europa. .

Heritage Foundation. (2012). Greece. Economic Freedom Score. .

Greece and Their Ongoing Financial Crisis
Today's financial crisis has spread way beyond America's borders. Many nations across the globe have found themselves in deep financial hot water. Even the European Union, which was showing such a strong economy, is beginning to unravel. Eurozone countries like Greece are now on the brink of collapse, and so their financial woes are hurting the overall value of the Euro and the state of the European Union itself.

The article by Kyriakidou and Georgiopoulos examines the ongoing crisis within Greece over its failing economy. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has pledged to do everything in his power to keep the country in the Eurozone, which means that Greece will continue to use the Euro and be involved in the European Union financial environment. This decision comes with a promise to meet all target goals set out in the bail out program that is providing Greece…...

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Kyriakidou, Dina & Georgiopoulos, George. (2012). Greece bailout targets difficult to reach in current timeline, Prime Minister says. Huffington Post. Web.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/06/greece-bailout-targets_n_1654616.html

Greek Tragedy
Das (2015) discusses the Greek economic crisis, and the hold it has over the public via the media, in the same terms that one would use to describe a classic of Greek theater. He outlines that the Greek financial crisis bears many similarities with the classic tragedies. Among these similarities are the morality element. Greek tragedy always contains a morality element, he argues, and so there are many moral elements to the economic crisis as well. First, the two players (the EU/Germany, and the Greeks) both contain elements of moral ambiguity so essential to good theatre. Whichever you choose as protagonist and whichever as antagonist, there are moral costs to their actions. The European side sees the Greeks as needing punishment for moral transgressions such as profligate spending and rampant tax evasion; the Greeks point to the hardships caused by the austerity policies imposed upon it by the EU…...

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Das, S. (2015). My big fat Greek crisis. EconoMonitor. In possession of the author.

FIDH.org (2014). Downgrading rights: The cost of austerity in Greece. Hellenic League for Human Rights. Retrieved April 5, 2015 from  https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/grece646a2014.pdf

Although, war was averted when the Greek military regime fell from power, the damage to Turkish-Greek relations was done and the occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkey would be a sticking point in Greco-Turkish relations for decades to come (Ottoman pp). Another complication arose in the 1970's when oil was discovered in the Aegean Sea (Ottoman pp). The Balkan ars of 1913 had given Greece all the Aegean Islands except Gokceada and Bozcaada, some of them only a few miles off the Turkish coast (Ottoman pp). Turkey maintained that the Greek-Turkish maritime border had never been properly defined and so claimed that the seabed resources should be shared by both countries, while Greece insisted that the entire Aegean belonged to the Greeks (Ottoman pp).
In recent years relations between Greece and Turkey have improved considerably, however, the issue of Cyprus has remained unresolved and a constant source of potential conflict…...

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Turkey and Greece: A History of Colliding."  http://www.cyprus-conflict.net/turkey-greece%20history.htm 

Meier, Benjamin M. "Reunification of Cyprus: the possibility of peace in the wake of past failure." Cornell International Law Journal. March 22, 2001; Pp.

Ottoman era."  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenic_Holocaust

Bronze Age Architecture in Greece
The Bronze Age had amazing architecture, much of it located in Greece. In order to clearly understand all that the time period had to offer and how what was seen during that time in that particular country influenced others, information about architecture in the Bronze Age in Greece has to be carefully analyzed. Discussed here will be six separate works that address the Bronze Age in Greece and the architecture offered during that time. These articles will show how valuable the architecture was, not just for that period of time but also as society advanced, grew, and changed. Four of the writings deal primarily with Minoan architecture, while another addresses Minoan and Mycenaean styles and the final work is focused more on Cypriot details. By working with all six writings, it is easier to see not only the value of the architecture, but how much of…...

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Ivanova, M. "Domestic architecture in the early Bronze Age of western Anatolia: The row-houses of Troy I." Anatolian Studies 21, no. 6 (2003): 17-33.

Letesson, Q., & McEnroe, J.C. "Architecture of Minoan crete: Constructing identity in the Aegean Bronze Age." The Classical Review 61, no. 2 (2011): 574-575.

Schoep, I. "Assessing the role of architecture in conspicuous consumption in the Middle Minoan I-II periods." Oxford Journal of Archaeology, (2004): 1-28.

Swiny, S. "Of cows, copper, corners, and cult: The emergence of the Cypriot Bronze Age." Near Eastern Archaeology,12, no. 6 (2008): 41-51.

Country Culture Study of Greece
Denali Products is a company with a range of products and it is planning on opening up its business in Greece. In this report the current economic, political and cultural scenario of Greece has been discussed and it seems that even though the country is facing economic recession, Denali products have a good chance of conducting successful business in the country. The reasons behind this probable success are the business laws of the country which promote foreign investments and businesses to operate within the country. However, the company will have to make a few adjustments especially in their approach of selling the products since the consumers in the country are more focused on buying products that are on deals or discount in order to save money. Therefore, the company will have to come up with deals and other promotional strategies in order to increase their business.

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2013 Investment Climate Statement - Greece (2013, April) in U.S. Department of State. Retrieved Sept. 10, 2014, from  http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/othr/ics/2013/204649.htm 

Arcadius, P. (2012, February) Corruption in Greece. Retrieved Sept. 10, 2014 from  https://www.academia.edu/1476551/Corruption_in_Greece 

Avgerou, Z. (2014) Cost of Living in Greece. In Expat Arrivals. Retrieved Sept. 11, 2014, from  http://www.expatarrivals.com/greece/cost-of-living-in-greece 

Berg et al. (2006, December) Work and Family Policies in Greece. Retrieved Sept. 11, 2014, from http://www.tulane.edu/~rouxbee/soci626/greece/_aberg1/GreecePolicies.htm

Economic Environment
The economic environment of Greece is that of a capitalist economy, but with significant public sector contribution – about 40% of total GDP is from government activity. This speaks more to the relatively small size of the Greek private sector than to excessive government ownership of industry. Tourism is one of the major drivers of the Greek economy, accounting for 18% of GDP (CIA World Factbook, 2017). Thus Greece would be characterized as a mixed economy with some government-owned entities. Greece is a member of the EU, but has also received several bailouts in recent years, and struggles with tax collection, and overall economic development. Tax evasion ranges between 6-9% of total GDP in Greece, which makes it a significant economic problem (Georgakopoulos, 2016).

Recent Macroeconomic Data

In recent years, Greece\'s economy has flatlined. The country has received several infusions of capital from other EU countries, but there is a lack…...

Town of Greece v. Galloway
The Town of Greece County Commission desires to have a clergy-led prayer at the beginning of each meeting and has requested that the managing attorney and legal counsel for the county commission provide her views on the wisdom of opening each monthly meeting with a prayer and whether such prayers are permitted within the realms of the U.S. Constitution. The managing attorney has requested a written analysis of the Supreme Court case Town of Greece v. Galloway.

Facts of the Case

The county commission meetings are similar to the town meetings in the Town of Greece including such as award presentations and ceremonial events at the beginning of the meeting. However, the county commission also has frequent hearings in which citizens speak advocating for certain positions and occasionally experts and citizens given sworn testimony during the meeting. The county is predominantly Christian and Protestant but there are also…...

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References

Majority Opinion of Justice Kennedy (2014) Town of Greece, New York Petitioner v. Susan Galloway, et al. 572 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Breyer (2014) Town of Greece, New York Petitioner v. Susan Galloway, et al. 572 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Concurring Opinion of Justice Alito (2014) Town of Greece, New York Petitioner v. Susan Galloway, et al. Supreme Court of the United States. No. 12-696.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Kagan. (2014) Town of Greece, New York Petitioner v. Susan Galloway, et al. Supreme Court of the United States. No. 12-696.

In both ancient Greece and ancient Rome, women were idealized or demonized in storytelling. Tales of "glamorous mistresses" and "adultresses" characterize some of the ancient Roman literature (Dixon). Like ancient Greek literature, ancient Roman literature also portrayed domesticated women as being highly virtuous to convey social norms and ideals for female behavior.
omen's work was defined and restricted by their gender. omen in both ancient Greece and ancient Rome did household work. In both societies but especially ancient Rome, "women were expected to be involved in cloth production: spinning, weaving and sewing," (Dixon). In ancient Greece, the only public role for women was reserved for a select few: the priestess (Rymer). Only one "authentic voice" of a female poet has survived: that of Sappho (Blundell 66). In ancient Rome, "a few examples of women in higher-status positions such as that of a doctor, and one woman painter is known," (Dixon).…...

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Works Cited

Blundell, Sue. Women in Ancient Greece. Harvard University Press, 1995.

Dixon, Suzanne. "Roman Women: Following the Clues." BBC: Ancient History in-Depth. Oct 15, 2010. Retrieved online:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/roman_women_01.shtml 

Rymer, Eric. "Women in Ancient Greece." 2010. Retrieved online:  http://historylink102.com/greece3/women.htm 

Thompson, James C. "Women in Ancient Rome." Retrieved online:  http://www.womenintheancientworld.com/women_in_ancient_rome.htm

In August Wilson’s Fences, the author explores several themes as they relate to the central themes of race, fatherhood, and manhood in the United States.  One of the themes that he tackles is the concept of fate, though the approach is less about life being preordained as it is an examination of how history, social circumstances, and upbringing can combine to make some events appear preordained or fated rather than the intervention of some type of divine or supernatural fate.  This contextual analysis of manhood in a political situation that seems designed to challenge it was explored by

Cosmetology: A Comprehensive Overview

Cosmetology is the art and science of enhancing the appearance of the skin, hair, and nails. It encompasses various treatments and techniques aimed at improving one's overall physical appearance. This essay provides a comprehensive overview of cosmetology, exploring its history, evolution, different branches, and significance in society.

The History of Cosmetology

Cosmetology has its roots in ancient civilizations, where people used natural ingredients like herbs, minerals, and oils to adorn themselves. In ancient Egypt, for example, women applied kohl to their eyes and wore elaborate wigs made from human hair or wool. In ancient Greece, men and women used....

Historical Perspectives:

The Evolution of Gender Roles Throughout History: Examining the Shifting Expectations and Norms
Gender Roles in Ancient Civilizations: A Comparative Analysis of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece
The Impact of Industrialization on Gender Roles: The Rise of the Patriarchal Family and the Marginalization of Women

Theoretical Approaches:

Feminist Perspectives on Gender Roles: Analyzing Power Dynamics, Oppression, and the Construction of Masculinity and Femininity
Gender Performativity and Judith Butler: The Subversive and Fluid Nature of Gender Categories
The Social Construction of Gender: How Society Shapes and Reinforces Gender Norms

Social and Psychological Implications:

The Psychological Effects of Gender Stereotypes: Examining the Impact....

Reimagining Greek Mythology in Modern Storytelling

Throughout history, Greek mythology has captivated imaginations and instilled profound cultural influences. In modern times, it continues to inspire and permeate various storytelling mediums, offering a rich tapestry for contemporary narratives to explore.

Film and Television

Greek mythology has found a vibrant home in film and television, with adaptations ranging from classic tales to contemporary reimaginings. The 1959 epic "Ben-Hur" depicts the trials of a Jewish prince during the Roman occupation of Judea, weaving in elements of Greek tragedy. More recently, the "Percy Jackson" franchise follows a modern-day demigod navigating the dangers of the underworld. Television shows....