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Greek colonies and communities have been historically established in most corners of the Mediterranean, but Greeks have always been centered around the Aegean Sea, where the Greek language has been spoken since the Bronze Age. Greek people have greatly influenced and contributed to culture, arts, exploration, literature, philosophy, politics, architecture, music, mathematics, science, technology, cuisine, and sports, both historically and contemporary. Let's take a look to some important figures of the Greek Civilization.

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Constantine XI Dragaš Palaiologos, Latinized as Palaeologus (8 February 1404 – 29 May 1453) was the last reigning Byzantine Emperor, reigning as a member of the Palaiologos dynasty from 1449 to his ...

Domain: History; Category: European history

Υpatia (born c. AD 350 – 370; died 415) was a Greek Alexandrine Neoplatonist philosopher in Egypt who was one of the earliest mothers of mathematics. As head of the Platonist school at Alexandria, ...

Domain: History; Category: Ancient Greece

Archimedes of Syracuse ( 287 BC –  212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading ...

Domain: History; Category: Ancient Greece

Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Greek kingdom of Macedon. Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander succeeded his ...

Domain: History; Category: Ancient Greece

Aristotle (born at 384 – died at 322 BCE) was a Greek philosopher born in Stagirus, northern Greece, in 384 BCE. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of ...

Domain: History; Category: Ancient Greece

Plato born at 428/427 or 424/423 BC – died at 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece. He was also a mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of ...

Domain: History; Category: Ancient Greece

Socrates (born at 470/469 BC – died at 399 BC) was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the ...

Domain: History; Category: Ancient Greece

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