| Pictures and Postcards from Greece |
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| Greek history begins in the isle of Crete with humans mastering the seas. The legendary King Minos founded a civilization based on trade around Mediterranean seas. The Byzantines, Romans, Franks, Slavs, Ottomans, Arabs and Venetians, all left their mark here. With about 9,500 miles of coastline and over 2,000 islands stretching from Ionian Sea in the west to the Aegean Sea in the east, Greece is a land of rich history and cuture, blessed by nature. |