Proposed Jewish Settlements and Local Creation Myths
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Arson and Threats at 5th?Century Church and Cemetery in Taybeh
On July 7, 2025, Israeli settlers allegedly carried out an arson attack near the historic Church of St. George—one of the oldest Christian sites in the West Bank—and t...
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Pontic Greek Genocide
Pontic Greek Genocide On May 19, 1919, military operations intensified against Greek communities in the Pontus region along the Black Sea coast of the Ottoman Empire....
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Greek Genocide
Greek Genocide On May 19, 1919, Greek communities in the Pontus region of the Ottoman Empire faced intensified military operations during the final phase of systemati...
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Star of Remphan
The “Star of Remphan” is a phrase found in the New Testament in the Book of Acts (Acts 7:43), where Stephen references Israelite idolatry while quoting from earlier He...
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Titulus Above Jesus on the Cross
Titulus Above Jesus on the Cross According to the New Testament, Pontius Pilate ordered a sign to be placed above Jesus during his crucifixion. The Gospels ...
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Greek-Turkish Population Exchange
1923 — The Treaty of Lausanne formalizes a compulsory population exchange largely based on religion.
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Athens Becomes Capital
1834 — Athens becomes the capital of the modern Greek state.
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Arabic and Islam Gradually Transform Egypt
7th–10th centuries — Arabic increasingly replaces Greek and Coptic in government and eventually becomes the dominant spoken language. Conversion to Islam occurs over g...
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Roman Egypt
30 BCE–395 CE — Egypt remains one of the Roman Empire's wealthiest provinces. Alexandria continues as a major commercial and intellectual center while traditional Egyp...
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Untitled
Untitled168 BCE–395 CE — The lands of modern Albania are gradually integrated into Roman provincial systems. Cities expand, Latin and Greek cultural influences deepen,...
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The Ptolemaic Kingdom
305–30 BCE — The Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty rules Egypt after the fragmentation of Alexander's empire. Its kings present themselves simultaneously as Hellenistic mon...
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Alexandria Is Founded
331 BCE — Alexander establishes Alexandria on Egypt's Mediterranean coast. Under his successors, the city becomes one of the greatest centers of trade and scholarship ...
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Powerful Illyrian Kingdoms Emerge
4th–3rd centuries BCE — Several Illyrian dynasties consolidate larger kingdoms across the western Balkans. Their rulers compete with Macedonia, Epirus and Greek coasta...
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Peloponnesian War
431–404 BCE — Athens and Sparta lead rival alliances in a devastating war across the Greek world.
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Battle of Salamis
480 BCE — Greek naval forces defeat the Persian fleet near Salamis.
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Battle of Thermopylae
480 BCE — Leonidas and a Greek force resist Xerxes' invasion at the pass of Thermopylae.
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Apollonia Founded
c. 588 BCE — Greek settlers establish Apollonia near the lower Vjosa River. The city grows into an important commercial and intellectual center connecting the Adriatic...
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Epidamnos Founded
627 BCE — Greek colonists establish Epidamnos on the Adriatic coast, later known as Dyrrachium and modern Durrës. The settlement becomes a major commercial link betwee...
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Saite Revival
664–525 BCE — Rulers of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty reunify Egypt from their base at Sais. They encourage trade with the Greek world, employ foreign mercenaries and reviv...
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Illyrian Communities of the Western Balkans
c. 1000–500 BCE — Iron Age communities later identified by Greek and Roman writers as Illyrian become visible across much of the western Balkans. Illyrians were not on...
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A Greek-Speaking Roman Empire
Over time Greek becomes dominant in the Byzantine state while Orthodox Christianity becomes central to identity.
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Alexander the Great
Macedonian king whose conquests spread Greek language and culture across a vast Hellenistic world.
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Athens
Major Greek city-state that becomes associated with democracy, philosophy, drama and maritime power.
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Bailout Referendum
5 July 2015 — Greek voters reject proposed bailout conditions in a highly charged referendum.
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Before Greece
Farming villages existed in the Aegean world thousands of years before Greek-speaking states emerged.
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Catastrophe of Smyrna
September 1922 — Greek defeat in Anatolia culminates in the destruction of much of Smyrna and mass displacement.
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Christianity Spreads
Early Christian communities form across the Greek-speaking eastern Mediterranean.
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Cyprus Crisis Brings Junta Down
July 1974 — A Greek-backed coup in Cyprus and subsequent Turkish intervention trigger the collapse of the military regime.
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Frankish and Venetian Greece
Crusader and Venetian powers control important Greek territories, islands and ports.
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