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Troy Göbekli Tepe Ephesus Çatalhüyük Pergamum Myra Ani Sardis Miletus Hierapolis

The Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis hill in Athens, Greece, surrounded by ancient stone walls and ruins, with city buildings and a distant hill in the background.

ancient Greek civilization

historical region, Eurasia

Ionia, ancient Anatolia

Ionia

ancient region, Turkey

ancient Middle East

ancient Middle East

historical region, Asia

Flag of Turkey featuring a red field with a white crescent moon and white five-pointed star.

Turkey

country, Asia and Europe

Key People

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Xenophanes

Greek poet and philosopher

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Mimnermus

Greek poet

Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.

Ancient Greece