what was considered to be the most important greek harbor?
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SYROS \n\n \nHISTORY AND CIVILIZATION\n\nSyros is the largest island of the Cyclades in terms of population, with about 20,000 inhabitants. It has a central position in the Cyclades islands, with an area of 84 square kilometers. The island has rich geography, with many hills and shallow valleys, and its coasts form a number of safe bays. Besides the densely built main town formed by Hermoupolis and Anos Syros on the East coast, there is a number of settlements scattered all over the island. In the sites of Chalandriani and Kastri, vestiges of the early Cycladic civilization (2700 BC – 2200 BC about), known as “Civilization of Syros – Keros” have been discovered. In the following centuries, the island came gradually under the influence of the Phoenicians, the Minoans, and later of the Mycenaeans. In ancient times the philosopher Ferekides, one of the forerunners of the pre-Socratic thought and also Pythagoras’ instructor, lived on the island. During the Persian wars, Syros was subjugated to the Persians and afterwards it became a member of the first Athenian alliance. The island became an autonomous state, with a parliament and municipality; however, it paid tribute to the Athenians.\n\n\n\nIn the Roman years the capital of Syros was situated in the area of contemporary Hermoupolis. At the end of ancient times, the barbaric raids and the plague of piracy, which had scourged the area of the Aegean for many centuries, led Syros to decline. In the Byzantine years Syros constituted together with the rest of the Cycladic islands, part of the Aegean Dominion. After the overthrow of the Byzantium by the Francs in 1204, Syros came under  Venetian domination and was included in the Ducat of the Aegean. Meanwhile Ano Syros was inhabited. During the Latin period, the majority of the local community accepted the Catholic Dogma, but it maintained the use of the Greek language. During the almost three and a half centuries of existence of the Ducat of the Aegean, Syros had a singular feudal regime. In the middle of the 16th century, the Ottoman fleet occupied the island and the Ducat fell apart. However the negotiations of the local authorities with the Ottoman Empire led to the offer of substantial privileges to the Cycladic islands, such as, the reduction of taxation and religious freedom. \n\nAt the same time, following an agreement between France and the Ottoman authorities, the Catholics came under the protection of the French, a privilege that was maintained for centuries. After the second half of the 17th century, a period of economic recovery of the Aegean area began, which reached its height during the transition from the 18th to the 19th century, while the special regime of the islands allowed the development of local self-government. The decline of piracy since the beginning of the 19th century had as a result the gradual liberation of the sea routes of the Eastern Mediterranean. Due to its crucial geographical position, to the support of Western powers, and to the reinforced local government, Syros became known as a maritime way-point. Moreover, the special social, religious, and institutional conditions prevailing on the island, led the Syrians to the maintenance of a neutrality at the beginning of the Greek Revolution in 1821. As a result, Syros became a secure shelter during the Revolution, and attracted many Greek refugees from Asia Minor, Chios, Psara, Kasos, and other places. The newcomers, mainly mariners and tradesmen, gave a new dynamism to the island, which, together with its demographic and economic development, was transformed into an administrative and cultural center. \n\n \n\n\n\nWith the foundation of the Greek State and the return to peace and tranquility, Syros became known as a cross-roads in the Aegean and as an international commercial center linking Western Europe and the Mediterranean sea to the East. Since 1830, the commerce of fabrics, silk, leather and iron developed in Syros, and at the same ti
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The Chinese Wall.\n\nIf this is the best answer, please vote it the best answer. Thanks!
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Rennie.  \nHis London Bridge granite facings were shipped to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and built into a new bridge there in 1971. \nThe great breakwater at Plymouth England make it the one of the best harbours in the world for close to 200 years.\nIt took a while to find the name :)
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The island of Navarone is located off the coast of Turkey in the Aegean Sea, close to the island of Kirios.
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Odysseus met the Cyclops way way before he landed in Phaeacia (known also as Scheria).   Phaeacia is the last destination of Odysseus before coming back home to Ithaca. \n\nWhen Odysseus sailed from Ogygia, he came upon a storm and his raft was washed up on Scheria. He was found by Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous, and taken to the palace of King Alcinous. Alcinous offered to take Odysseus safely to Ithaca with one of his ships.\n\nYou can check out this site for details:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus
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Greece, (Greek: Ελλάδα, Elláda (IPA: [e̞ˈlaða]), or Ελλάς, Ellás (IPA: [e̞ˈlas])), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Ellinikí Dimokratía) is a country in southern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan peninsula. It is bordered by Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania to the north and by Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece while the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Both, parts of the eastern Mediterranean basin, feature a vast number of islands.\n\nRegarded as the cradle of western civilization and being the birthplace of democracy, philosophy, the Olympic Games and of the arts and drama including both tragedy and comedy, Greece has a very long and remarkably rich history during which its culture has proven to be especially influential in Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East. Today, Greece is a developed nation, member of the European Union since 1981 and a member of the Eurozone since 2001.\n\nHistory\nMain article: History of Greece \n[edit]\nPrehistory and Antiquity\nThe shores of Greece's Aegean Sea saw the emergence of the first civilizations in Europe, namely the Minoan and the Mycenaen. After this, a Dark Age followed until around 800 BC, when a new era of Greek city-states emerged, establishing colonies along the Mediterranean, and a new alphabet was introduced.[3]. Plato described how the Greeks live round the Aegean Archipelago "like frogs around a pond"; their name has always been associated with the sea. After the internal struggle between Spartans and Athenians, all parts of Greece were united under the rule of Alexander the Great and aimed at the defeat of the 'eastern threat' of the Persians. Alexander led the Greeks to a victorious campaign which established a Greek Empire and introduced a new era in world history, the Hellenistic.\n\n[edit]\nByzantine period\nMilitarily, Greece itself declined to the point that the Romans conquered the land (168 BC onwards), though, in many ways, Greek culture would in turn conquer Roman life. Greece became a province of the Roman Empire, but Greek culture continued to dominate the eastern Mediterranean. When the Roman Empire finally split in two, the Eastern Roman Empire, known as the Byzantine Empire, centered around Constantinople (known in ancient times as Byzantium), remained Greek in nature, encompassing Greece itself.\n\n \nThe most famous of the surviving Byzantine mosaics of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople — the image of Christ on the walls of the upper southern gallery. Christ is flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist. The mosaics were made in the 12th century.During the period of the Byzantine Empire Greece experienced fluctuating fortunes. In the early years many of its works of art were looted by the emperors and taken to Constantinople. Furthermore, although the Byzantines retained control of the Aegean and its islands throughout this period, during the seventh and eighth centuries direct control did not extend far beyond the coast. From about AD 600 the old cities of Greece shrank considerably due to barbarian raids by the Avars and Slavs, and were often reduced to shadows of their former selves. As the seventh century progressed, much of Greece was overrun by Slavic peoples from the north, and a period of uncertainty and insecurity followed.\n\nFrom the late 8th century, the Empire began to recover from the devastating impact of successive invasions, and the reconquest of Greece began. Greeks from Sicily and Asia Minor were brought in as settlers. The Slavs were either driven out or assimilated. By the middle of the 9th century, Greece was dominated by those of Hellenic ethnic heritage once more, and Greek cities began to recover due to improved safeguards against barbarous incursion and restored central governance.\n\nThe invasions of the Turks after the battle of Manzikert in 1071 and the en
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The ancient city of Troy was located in what today is called Turkey, along the western coastline, across the Aegean Sea from Greece. This area is also called Asia Minor.\nThey weren't Greeks, but other than Trojans, I'm not sure what they called themselves or were called by others.
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Epidaurus (Greek: Epidauros) was a small city (polis) in ancient Greece at the Saronic Gulf. The modern town Epidavros , part of the prefecture of Argolis, was built near the ancient site.
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• Colossus of Rhodes - a huge statue of a man that stood at a harbor entrance.\n• Great Pyramid of Cheops - a massive shrine to Egyptian royalty.\n• Hanging Gardens of Babylon - a beautiful structure of man-made gardens.\n• Mausoleum at Halicarnassus - a giant tomb erected for a deceased king.\n• Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria - used to steer ships to safety.\n• Statue of Zeus at Olympia - Zeus was the king of the Greek gods.\n• Temple of Artemis - dedicated to the goddess of the hunt.
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The Great Pyramid of Giza \nThe Hanging Gardens of Babylon \nThe Statue of Zeus at Olympia \nThe Temple of Artemis at Ephesus \nThe Mausoleum at Halicarnassus \nThe Colossus of Rhodes \nThe Lighthouse of Alexandria
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Isthmos bridge in Korinthos (Corinth) is probably the best
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It's because it was common in the Ottoman empire,where Greece belonged for about 400 years.Foreign people visited Greece more often than other parts of the empire,because of the ancient greek civilisation.That's why it's considered to be "the greek way".In Greece,it is called Ottoman style.
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Greece is the center of learning and culture and has spawned some of the most beautiful art ever created by humnakind.\n\nGrecian Urns have always been looked upon as important and sacred objects (vase).
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capital of cultural greek civilization: Athens\ncapital of military greek civilization: Sparta
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Great article below:\n\nAthena\n\n"Athena is probably one of the more famous of the Goddesses of old. Images of her temple dominating the acropolis of Athens are familiar the world over, yet she was also worshipped in places outside Athens and Greece and her origins link her to distant north African divinities. She was held sacred in many other cities including Argos, Sparta, Troy, Smyrna, Epidaurus, Troezen and Pheneus"\n\nRead more:\n\nhttp://www.womanworship.co.uk/documents/Athene.htm?menu=men
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There are many diving clubs and diving tours in Greece.  Check the major ones and they may give your some names on Tassos dive tours!\n\nGood luck, enjoy, and be safe!!
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Poseidon - The God of Earthquakes.\nHe is most like my husband.:)