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@Daniel Fittipaldi Yep. Just like the movie _My Big Fat Greek Wedding_ ... the locals are very friendly, kind, warm and don't mind inviting you for a big traditional Greek lunch etc. I know people who have had such fortunate encounters, when visiting the Chalkidiki region, or the islands of Crete, Rhodos and Santorini etc.
It is mind boggling to think the constant clash between Greece/Byzantine Empire and Persia/Sassanid Empire weakened them to the point that the Arabs could explode and create the caliphate allowing the Ottomans to come in and basically cause the Age of Discovery and shape the modern world. I think Iran might be one of the most respected countries in Greece precisely due to its extremely long history and deep culture.
As Greek from Macedonia I thank you for mentioning our region since it isn't as popular as the island or other regions in Greece and the neighboring country of the north doesn't help much with that. Macedonia is Greek and it's history is Greek and not Slavic as our neighbors want the world to think 🇬🇷
@@UhDUUUHlol obviously the people that go to Macedonia go only to halkidiki and Thessaloniki and not the rest of Macedonia that's why I said it isn't visited much
Cyrene is Libyan historic city , it is in the eastern of Libya 🇱🇾,which there’s Apollo and aziz temple,a lot of Libyan are from Greece origin and they are called greetly related to Greece 🇬🇷,much ❤️ from Libya to Greece 🇬🇷
Especially in Soussa town, there are many Greco-Libyans comming from Crete, maybe from the population exchanges between Greece & Turkey. Cretan muslims went that epoch to Libya and Syria. Maybe between the Cyrene Libyans, there are also ancestors with more ancient greek roots. Peace & eternal happines to your beautiful multicultural country!! 🇬🇷❤️🇱🇾
Fun fact: Africa used to be called Libya before the Roman conquest it was named such by greeks who colonized what's now Libya (Cyrene) so greeks gave your countries name All the love to these two beautiful countries from Iraq 🇬🇷❤️🇱🇾
Greece is 80% mountainous with breathtaking landscapes and views around every corner. 20% of all of europes Ultra peak mountains lies in Greece. Ultra peak mountains are mountains that rise atleast 1500 meters above its lowest surrounding point. Meaning the real visual height of a mountain. Greece has 19 Ultra peak mountains. For reference. Switzerland has 8, Austria 12, Croatia 0, Spain 4 on its land territory. Meaning Greece is a tremendously mountainous country with truly spectacular scenery that most people dont know. Greece has also 400 wetlands another thing most people are not aware of. with Greeces 80% mountains and 16.000 km of the most crystal clear waters, there are also a lot of rivers and deltas and and so on from the mountains towards the sea. For comparison. A country the size of Turkey has only 110 wetlands. So it comes to give an idea of how wetland rich Greece is. Also Greece has 800 natural hotsprings which is some of the most in the world. Also 15.000 caves. A whole arch of many volcanos. Among which Santorini is the largest sea volcano in the world Another thing. Greece lies on 4 tectonic earthplates which gives Greece its immensely diverse mountains, landscpses, geology, immensely diverse geography and topography. Greece lies on the European, African and Asian plate which comes together inside Greece. And the 4th one is the one that got crushed inbetween the other 3
Continueing from what I wrote in my initial comment. For even just incredible mountains all throughout Greece you can check out - Epirus (incredible prefecture full with stunning mountains) - Zagori - Pindus mountains, - Vikos gorge (one of 3 deepest gorges in the world and the deepest regarding width-depth ratio - Tzoumerka mountains, and it's many waterfalls - Aoos gorge - Timfristos mountain, - Aoos river - Acheron river - Mount Olympus, rising 2918m meters straight out of the sea and is one of the 10 most prominent mountains in all of Europe - Tymfi mountain with the incredible dragonlake on top of it - Taygetus mountain a wonderful mountain that rises also 2400+ meters out of the sea close to the coast which gives dramatic views on both sides of the mountain - Kremasta lake among many other mountain lakes with incredible scenery around and incredible water colors in various parts -Rhodope mountains, one of the least degraded forests in all of Europe. there is a very good 1 hour documentary on the Greek part of the Rhodope mountains on RU-vid - Koronisia an incredible polynesian group in the Ambracian gulf which was many wetlands too rich with birds - Plastira lake another wonderful mountain lake - Smolikas mountain with a dragon lake and outlook on the mount Tymfi - Acheloos valley with an incredible river delta and scenery very unknown to people - Voidomatis river together with the Archeron river and Aoos river one of the cleanest waters in all of Europe and even the world - Prespes lakes, also is incredible and different, it has less than 3 people per km2 and the scenery reminds of Mongolian scenery - Mount Giona, Mount Vardousia, are both mountains opposite from eachother 2500m - Evrytania region is another incredible mountain region with one of the most untouched mountain areas like Agrafa mountains - Meteora, a perfect geological paradise among many other lesser known and plenty geological paradises - Mornos lake - Kerkini lake which is 1 of the 2 most important birding places in all of Europe - Amvraikos gulf - Methana and Methana volcano - Parnassos mountain, - Dirfi mountain on Evia - Aoos lake, - Mesolonghi wetland - Lake Doxa between mountains - Mount Chelidona, - Pelion mountain of the centaurs - Lichadonisia another wonderful polynesian island group - Mount Aroania, - Athos holy mountain, the only monastic state in the world. the mountain rises 2034m straight out of the sea. Incredible views like all the mountains in Greece and so on and so on. One thing people have to understand is. 1. ALL of Greece's mountains truly rise from sealevel. What I mean is. The mount Olympus rises almost 3000m from the sea 0. So the real mountain height is 3000m. 2. When you are inside Central Asia you see a mountain of 3800m. But you are standing on flat land that stretched hundreds of kilometers and this land is on 2100m. Then the mountain you see infron of you is not 3800m but 1700m. THAT is the real height of the mountain. In other words the prominence of a mountain. And if a mountain rises more than 1500m above it's lowest point then it's called a Ultra peak mountain. Greece therefor with 19 Ultra peak mountains is truly a mountain heaven
@@thekraken1173 The same for Greece, but have a rich amount of 400 till date. Which is only logical given its immensely diverse landscape with 80% mountains, with wonderful immensely crystal clear rivers but all rivers being non navigable due to the diverse mountain terrain over which the rivers flow down to towards the sea. And with over 300 mountains covering 80% and Greece having 20% of all of Europes Ultra peak mountain as a testimony to its mountain paradise, Greece has therefore the immense potential of Wetlands which it thus also has. It is a high culmination and density of beauties of any kind. In every corner and every spot of the country you can find wonderful mountains in the vicinity, wonderful coastlines of any kind with the most crystal clear seas in the vicinity, immense gorges like the longest gorge in Europe (Samaria) and one of the 3 deepest gorges in the world (Vikos), 15.000 caves, wetlands, rivers and lakes anywhere in the neighborhood, 800 natural hotsprings which is a huge amount too found and scattered over the lands, at least 5 archaeological sites withon a 3 mile range almost anywhere in the country (Greece has over 18.000 registered sites in the database). And immense biodiversity also due to the isolation that gets created by Greece's immensely diverse geography and topography, islands and mountains. So much in fact that Greece has one of the most bee species in the world amounting to 1100 species about, only matched or surpassed by 3 or 4 other continent sized countries like USA, Brasil, China. Anyway. Greece is a paradise for nature lovers, hikers, botanists, herbologists, canyoneers, but also bird lovers, geologists, food lovers and history buffs alike. The most special thing of the country is that in a single day you can do all of it. You can easily be in the mountains in the morning, stumble across historical sites completely untouched even, be in the forests, lakes and rivers and end your afternoon with a dip in the sea and eat dinner after in incredibly picturesce towns and villages dotted around the country with a wonderful sunset over the sea highlighting the many layers of mountains, other parts of the mainland and islands on the horizon. Which is yet another special thing in Greece. When you are in Spain you look out to sea and see nothing. Its 1 simple shape on the map. In greece looking out over the seas anywhere is a treat to behold at any time of day. One of the many things not thought of but comes to mind when carefully analizing geography. But yes. In Greece you dont have to travel 500 km fo the first mountains, 300 km for the first sea, 250 km for archseological sites. Its everywhere in gorgeous abundances
love lebanon from greece! btw i hear there is a large number of greeks live there and also i hope your country will recover from the last years of war! :)
North Macedonia has a slavic population, Hellas has a Hellenic one. The Slavic peoples didn’t move anywhere near Hellas until much later. Ancient Hellenic Civilization is Hellenic, not Slavic, by birth (DNA), language, history, politics and culture. Great video, I appreciate the climate information, people assume Hellas is always hot and dry, it isn’t.
As a Greek I have to say that our cuisine is among the most underrated in the world…also a lot of the focus of tourists goes towards the islands but mainland Greece has some truly spectacular places to visit
And despite that being very underrated its in the taste Atlas 2022 fighting for the number 1 spot out of 195 countries for the tastiest cuisine in the world leaving tge rest of the cuisines well behind and also out of the 50 best cheeses in the world 13 being Greek (number 1), 11 being Italian and 6 being French. You can check it out with a simple google search. And yet still Greek cuisine is underrated because I still meet a percentage of people who havent tried a whole tsunami worth of wonderful dishes. Greece has over 20 regional cuisines and then the Politiki Kouzina which is the Greek byzantine legacy of the cities of Constantinople and Thessaloniki worth thousands of dishes by its own. Let alone the other regional cuisines on top of that
Εγώ το παραδέχομαι. Είναι Οθωμανική Κουζίνα. Δεν είναι Ελληνική. Μαζί με Πολύ από την μουσική μας. Είναι Μεσανατολικά αυτά τα κομμάτια και τραγούδια, πολλά από τα φαγητά μας. Έχουμε καθαρά Ελληνική κουζίνα, ΑΥΤΗ είναι “underrated”! Όχι τα Τουρκικά!
@@user-Prometheus Βασικά θα έλεγα ότι η κουζίνα μας είναι βυζαντινή/μεσανατολητικη…και μεταξύ βυζαντινής και οθομανικης αυτοκρατορίας έχει υπάρξει πολύ πάρε δώσε
@@user-Prometheus λάθος. Η μικρασιατική κουζίνα έχει στοιχεία οθωμανικά, τα οποία είναι μετεξέλιξη της βυζαντινής κουζίνας. Μην ξεχνάς ότι η Ρωμανία διήρκησε έντεκα αιώνες κ ήταν πολύ μπροστά κ από την Δυτική Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία, όχι μόνο στρατιωτικά αλλά κ σε θέματα καθημερινης κουλτούρας , πχ χρήση πηρουνιου. Η ελληνική κουζίνα έχει μεγάλη ποικιλοτητα- όπως κ η γεωγραφία της, κ η ανθρωποκοινωνιολογια της. Ηπειρώτικη, κυκλαδίτικη, κρητική, επτανησια, αθηναϊκή κλπ. Ενετικές επιρροές βρίσκουμε στην Επτανησια κουζίνα, παρόλα αυτά δεν μπουκαρουν Ιταλοί να γραψουνμ@@ες όπως κάποιοι Τουρκαλαδες εδώ μεσα. Γιατι δεν είναι κομπλεξικοι
As Greek, what makes me really sad is the fact that we have such a beautiful country, with amazing landscape, food etc, but the salaries are so low and the cost of living so high, that we are forced to immigrate to other countries :/
Hey, a Greek here! Just wanna say that if you plan on visiting cool places in Greece besides the islands or coast, a very beautiful place I recommend is the Meteora! It has very unique mountain formations and a very nice view!
@ Διρφωσσός 'Αγράφιος Όπως βλέπω την πορεία των πραγμάτων, με Μητσοτάκη "πρωθυπουργό", και με έναν λαό αποβλακωμένο, σύντομα όλα θα τελειώσουν εδώ, όπως ξεκίνησαν!
Η χώρα είναι εδώ καί δεκαετίες σέ παρακμή , σέ ελεύθερη πτώση θά έλεγα. Η κατηφόρα δέν προέκυψε επί πρωθυπουργίας Μητσοτάκη , προϋπήρχε. Η απομάκρυνση από τίς πατρώες αρχές καί ο άκρατος ευδαιμονισμός ευθύνονται κατά μείζονα λόγο γιά τό πολυεπίπεδο αδιέξοδο που βιώνουμε ως έθνος. Οι προοπτικές είναι-κακά τά ψέματα- δυσοίωνες καί όποιος λέγει το αντίθετο νομίζω ότι εθελοτυφλεί.
1. Greece has the largest merchant fleet in the world, representing more than 20% of the global fleet and 58% of the EU fleet (2021): 30.25% of the world tanker fleet, 14.64% of the world chemical and product tankers, 15.58% of the global LNG / LPG carriers, 20.04% of the world bulk carriers, 9.53% of the world containerships. Most of the Greek shipowners trace their origins from the Greek islands. 2. Creece's coastline length is 15,000km, holding the 9th place in the world right below Australia and the US Europe's coastline length is 68,000km ---> 22% of which is in Greece Africa's coastline length is 30,000km
Dont say 'Macedonia claimed by the 2 countries' . North Macedonia has slavic identity , and the people there came to these lands much later in time. They claimed it for economic reasons. No offense to North Macedonians.
North Macednoians as well as most of the people of those countries, i.e. bulgaria etc, are both Athenian and Slav descendants. But what you said is true.
My husband is Greek and I really appreciate seeing something about the country - although of course my family taught me most of your videos content anyway :-)
It slowly "became" Greek, sure the population in Balkan and West Asia Minor was mostly Hellenic, up until the 20th century. But the culture, the language, the way of life, was 100% Greek (Hellenic).
Wonderful video. As a Greek living abroad since half a century, what stuns me every time I visit my home country is how quickly the landscape changes and how many different architectural styles exist in such a small place. Sometimes you just drive ten kilometres and then you take a turn and everything changes.
@ Gerassimos Fourlanos Don't worry! The afro-asiatic muslim illegal immigrants who flooded Greece, will take care so that the "changes" you see, become permanent! Next time when you visit Greece you will be considered as the "greek minority"... Until then, Salam Alekoum! (Γκέγκε;;;)
@@gerassimos.fourlanos Ως καθεύδων δεν είστε σε θέση να αντιληφθείτε την πραγματικότητα η οποία περισφίγγει την καθημερινότητά μας. Κακό του κεφαλιού σας! Να ξέρετε όμως, ότι πολύ σύντομα θα κληθείτε να πληρώσετε το τίμημα που αναλογεί στο μέγεθος της ηλιθιότητάς σας! Τις αντιλήψεις σας περί "toxicity" σάς τις επιστρέφω και σας καλώ να τις χώσετε εκεί που νομίζετε καλλίτερα! Δεν δέχομαι υποδείξεις από Γραικύλους!
The main reason many cities in Hellas, like Athena, don’t have beautiful architecture was the destructive earthquake in 1954, which destroyed many lovely neoclassical buildings. The cities had to be quickly rebuilt and many cheap, modern buildings had to be built to house the population. That era wasn’t a great one for architecture in any place affected by WWII, Europe and other parts of the world were economically devastated.
I have never heard of this being a reason as no one earthquake destroyed all those buildings in the same year. I would say it was the huge influx of people from the country migrating into the cities after both WW11 and the Civil War and before that the people exchange that took place in the 1920's, that needed urgent housing,and probably prevented any proper town planning being made that was the outcome we have today. I have heard people who had land or a house gave it to a contractor as 'antiparochi' meaning in exchange for 2-3 apartments in a new block that would be built on his land so big ugly and more modern looking apartment blocks were built to house this massive growth. Neo classical architecture was out of style by then.Athens was a village 1834 once it became the capital of modern Greece. Unfortunately many beautiful mansions were demolished, some due to progress, some due to the war or and others because of bad workmanship.I wish the Aktaion Hotel still existed.I would have loved to see this in person. That would have been one of the grandest buildings in Athens.
@@passionatesingle Yes your comment is very accurate. spot on! Athens (and Greece in general) was very late to grow because of WW II and the civil war which followed and internal conflict. So there was a rush to cope with western standards for political reasons and the transition from an agricultural rural society to a modern western one was very rapid and overwhelming with little to no central planning. The phenomenon of "astiphilia" (αστυφιλία ---> αστυ=city + φιλία=to like) which caused 'antiparochi' destroyed wonderful buildings not only of neo-classical style but also modernist residences from the 20's and 30's.
@@passionatesingle After World War II most of Europe was destroyed including Greece. Through the American Marshall plan most of Europe been rebuilt with dollars and industrial machinery, to boost Europe’s economy. Greeks been neglected and the compensation they received for their effort in the war, was used clothing from America.
@ Kimberly Perrotis Dear friend the only deadly earthquake that has been recorded during the early 1950's, was the one in the Ionian islands which were completely devastated and had many victims. Almost all villages were raised to the ground. That was in 1953, not 1954! As far as Athens is concerned, the only true "earthquake" was the one that happened in 1955! This "earthquake" was nothing more that a famous and wretched politician (Konstantinos Karamanlis) who at the time he was Prime Minister. At some point, being the mastermind of the fast industrialization of Greece and in order to "modernise" Greece and especially Athens, wanting to give a "european" character to the city, he demolished most of the neoclassical buildings that had existed since mid 19th century. In their place he built repulsive huge buildings of concrete, glass and metal. Monstrous architecture, as you can imagine! As a result, Athens lost its beauty. For example, the neoclassical buildings that remain around Plaka and Monastiraki are only a tiny fragment of what once existed! And of course as a city, since then, it has become a disgrace due to lack of urban planning. A sprawling city! Since ancient times, three beautiful rivers were flowing through the athenian plain : Ilisos, Heridanus and Keefisos. All three rivers were buried, in the context of modernization. They are all under rubble. Unfortunately, Athens, is the only city in Europe that is not a river capital. Each river had its own rich flora and fauna! Now it's all gone! All this destruction started in the 1950's.
Greece is a fascinating country, which has given the Free World so much. The ancient sites, and the scenery, are second to none. Greece also has great indigenous music, rebetika, which began to be recorded in the 1930s.
Modern Greece (formed in 1822) has nothing to do with the ancient Greeks and has never given anything to the world: Gutenbergs press, steam machine, telegraph, telephone, radio, TV, internet, nothing. And that "indigenous music" came from Turkey with the Greco-Turkish population exchange in 1923. Note that the exchange was based on religion, not on ethnicity, so many of the newcomers were not even ethnic Greeks. They were counted as such just because they adhered to the religion of greek orthodoxy. They brought that new music to Greece. And the musical instrument bouzouki comes from the turkish and arabic bozuk.
Some facts about the dispute over the name of Macedonia that most people might not know… 01. Slavic Tribes arrived at the region of the NORTHERN PART of ANCIENT GREEK MACEDONIAN LAND (North Macedonia today), approximately 900 years AFTER!!! …the death of Alexander The Great! 😂 And AFTER, THE FALL of ROMAN EMPIRE. 🏛 Greek Empire was BEFORE!!! Roman Empire’s existence Thus they can’t be linked as “Macedonians”. Slavic tribes came from the East North to today’s “Macedonia” but they just step on it, that’s all. Nothing common with Greek ancestors or Alexander the Great. They just step on A PART of a northern land, of the old Greek kingdom of Macedonia. Alexander’s Macedonia was stretched from West -Southern Balkans, Northern Greece to Eastern Bulgaria. Today’s “Northern Macedonians” just grabbed the advantage of the history of another nation, and try to confuse the world, that might not care or don’t know about history. But we Greeks had enough of this joke. And Bulgarians too. 02. Macedonia was an Ancient GREEK kingdom and Alexander was speaking ANCIENT GREEK Macedonian. Macedonians were a A GREEK TRIBE. Ancient Macedonian language was an Ancient Greek DIALECT coming from the Greek DORIAN dialect. Not to be confused with the “modern” Slavo-Macedonski or simply Macedonski as it is today in NORTHERN MACEDONIA. Which is a Slavo Bulgarian dialect. 03. Even after centuries during Turkish Ottoman Empire where Greece was enslaved and occupied by Turkey for 400 years, (Balkans for 500 years), THERE WERE NO ETHNIC GROUPS like MACEDONIANS to both regions of the 2 today’s countries, (Greece and North Macedonia), according to the Ottoman archives. There were Greeks, Turkish, Jews, Bulgarians, Slavs, Roma 04. People of North Macedonia today may falsely consider themselves as Macedonians but in reality they are an ethnic group of Bulgaria Their language is an Eastern B dialect of Bulgarian with some slavic elements in it. All this fuzz about the name is the Stalino-communist propaganda creation of Yugoslavia leader, named Tito. North Macedonians were mostly Bulgarian tribes. But Tito would loose so much land territory. The south part of Yugoslavia. So half of them were killed because they didn’t want to change their ethnic identity as Bulgarians, but the rest of them were convinced that they were a slavic Macedonian individual ethnic group. Cause they weren’t 100% Yugoslavians. They were speaking Bulgarian in a Yugoslavian land. So Tito wouldn’t dare to say you are Bulgarians. During that time Yugoslavia and Bulgaria were at war. It’s like he would surrender the whole south part of Yugoslavia to Bulgaria. So it was inevitable that future generations would be raised as Macedonians through the years in today’s N.Macedonia. And then claim our Greek history and Alexander the Great and the Vergina Sun symbol on their flag. Northern Macedonians nowadays, and their language HAVE NOTHING TO DO with Greek language or Greek ethnicity. They just stole this name to have sth to grab at, during these troubled Balkan territories, back at the time. An identity. Even if it is fake That’s why until nowadays BULGARIA was putting VETO for EU MEMBERSHIP on today’s NORTHERN MACEDONIA. Because of their identity. “Bulgaria invoked its veto power on negotiations with would-be members in 2020 to block North Macedonia's candidacy based on accusations that the Macedonian language was simply Bulgarian by another name and Skopje was disrespecting its shared cultural and historic ties to Bulgarians”. From the link below 👇 www.rferl.org/amp/macedonia-eu-bulgaria-veto/31910319.html Just a few days ago BULGARIA lifted the Veto under European pressure (Europe is afraid of the Balkans to be in Russia’s influence again after the Ukranian invasion), but BULGARIA has some terms. History is being written while we speak. We’ll see how this goes www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/06/24/bulgarian-approves-lifting-veto-on-north-macedonia-joining-eu_5987878_4.html EARLY SLAVS: The early Slavs were a diverse group of tribal societies who lived during the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages (approximately the 5th to the 10th centuries) A.D. in Central and Eastern Europe and established the foundations for the Slavic nations through the Slavic states of the High Middle Ages. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Slavs ALEXANDER THE GREAT: If you scroll down on the link and look for Alexander’s Dynasty ethnic origin group, you can see he is from the ARGEAD dynasty. An ancient Macedonian ROYAL house (House of Argos) of GREEK DORIAN provenance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argead_dynasty They had as a symbol the VERGINA SUN (that today’s Northern Macedonia has stolen as a symbol in their national flag). As we said the Macedonian language was an Ancient Greek DIALECT. The main language DIALECT groups were ATTIC, IONIC, AEOLIC, and DORIC many of them with several submissions such as Ancient Macedonian (Dorian dialect). The ATTIC dialect was considered more sophisticated/ educated and was used widely afterwards, during Alexander’s education. DORIANS (ΔΩΡΙΕΙΣ) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorians Dorians were 1 of the 4 major ANCIENT GREEK TRIBES during classical Greece era, along with Aeolians, Achaeans and Ionians. AEOLIANS: (ΑΙΩΛΟΙ) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolians ACHAEANS: (ΑΧΑΙΟΙ) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaeans_(tribe) IONIANS: (ΙΩΝΕΣ) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionians Until the age of 16, Alexander was tutored by Aristotle ALEXANDER THE GREAT EDUCATION LINK: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great#Education ARISTOTLE: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle
well , i tryed to speak with a guy from FYROM on this matter.. and he just told me , " i dont like politics".. But its not fcking politics its HISTORY.
I didn't know how to explain all this exactly but I'm Greek (from Macedonia) and those guys are stealing my name, my language, my culture, my history. 😥😥😥
I’m currently learning Greek after being inspired by LangFocus’ videos on the language. It’s absolutely fascinating, along with the culture that speaks it. One day I hope to travel and possibly live there and meet new people. It is a beautiful region.
It is so beautiful and wholesome to see people from so far away taking an interest in your place, especially people from as fascinating lands as Mexico.
These videos are great, becoming a very welcome alternative to Geography Now The focus on history is something Barbs really doesn’t do, and the calmer, less frenetic and more educational style of presenting here is nice as well
Thanks! I’ve never seen a video from his channel (on purpose, so that my videos will have their own style), but I know his channel is really popular. Different presenters resonate with different people, I would guess. It’s good to have variety.
@@GEOfocusChannel hey Paul, both your channels are great. Geography Now is more oriented to young people I feel and he has a staff of 4-5 others that do various segments. One thing he covers that you don't (unless I've missed it in other videos) are famous people and culture. Your approaches are very different and I don't think he would influence you at all, but if you I think it might and don't want to watch for that reason I understand.
sorry dear unknown friend, but whatever you learned about the Hellenic language from physics and mathematics is only 5% from the treasure of uncountable high mental meanings that exist in Hellenic language. Our language has a holly power by itself; the ability to make the human brain start thinking! For example, everyone talk about democracy, but try to find how many countries have the name «Δήμος(=people)+Κράτος(=power)» in their official name. Almost none! The used name is «Republic», which means (from Latin «rēs+pūblica») "the public thing", in contrast with the word «ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ» (in its original Hellenic form) which actually means "the power to the people"!
No jokes, Greeks are everywhere, Our Greeks taught us to be more Human! It doesn't matter if some people like German and Türks don't want to understand. More Greece than New World Order.
I just discovered you and I have to say, your channel is amazing. Also, your greek accent is fantastic! Keep up the good work. Thank you for showing people how incredible country Greece is.
Greece is not only a summer destination. It is an underrated place for winter vacations too as it is mainly a mountainous country: just few examples: Ioannina - Metsovo - Zagorochoria, Arachova, Pelion, Kalavryta, Trikala, Karpenisi
Great work. Thank you. As Greek I would suggest the mention of the country "North Macedonia" as "a country that tries to steal the history of Macedonia although it is a small state with no more than 60 years of existence. Secondly, I would recommend the mention that Greece was the county that stood against Germans for 219 days, the highest duration of resistance in Second World War of all the countries by far (Norway was the second with 61 days).
219 days probably includes the fight against Italians... Germany occupied Greece in about three weeks. Germans took Crete about two weeks later; English and other allies were protecting the Greek Islands. We are not talking about the partisan war. Greece is a beautiful place, full of history and culture. Greek food is the best in the world.
I'm Greek living in Greece...you were spot on on everything you mentioned. Santorini and Mykonos are beautiful islands but other islands are just as beautiful and some even more beautiful than these two mentioned.
I am Greek and I would like you to know that Greek mythology has a great relationship with prehistory, studying mythology is like studying the stone age..
Thumbs up. Not only your gave a small historical lesson but you also pronounce region and city names correctly as you were born in Greece. Keep up the excellent work
ive been living in greece my whole life, seeing someone from another country respecting us is surprising as i didnt think people cared for a small country like greece.
In the 2018 Prespa Agreement North Macedonia officially renounced any claims/heritage stemming from the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia and thus also Alexander the Great. There is no reason to be diplomatically equidistant on a matter that has already been successfully resolved.
For me the best idea would have been to not mention the topic at all. Especially now that it has officially been resolved, it only prolongs the drama even further
That's too funny. I was just learning about ancient Greece in my 8th grade world history class. It's really interesting. Now we're on ancient china. But I think it's really interesting how a lot of our geometry that we learned today comes from ancient greece. Thanks to people like Euklid.
@@kimberlyperrotis8962 my guess is he has germanic roots. You'd be surprised how many words germans kept in their greek form in comparison to other europeans that adopted the latin conversion of the greek word.
@@milotfokusi2124 It is very sad that we, 2 local aborigine nations can't be together....You prefer turks but not us.Remember that Greeks and Ilirians are cousins...
@@Κ.Ι.Ο myself i don't prefer Turks. I will say you what i think. Albanians and Greeks should be more friends than others. What maked anymosity btw Albanians and Greeks is that the Greek Orthodox Church did "banned and cursed " the albanian language because it wanted that all Albanians to assimilate in Greek language. As for Albanian christians many of them prefer Greeks to Turks, and Albanian muslims prefer Turks to Greeks but not all. Also Albanians are sad what happened to the expulsion of Cham Albanian muslims in WW2. So don't think that "all albanians" prefer Turks, that's not true. Greeks also prefer in majority Slavic-Serbs to Albanains, but i know also some Greeks that prefer Albanians. Peace bro
@@Κ.Ι.Ο so what did mostly divide Albanians and Greeks is sadly religion. Most of Albanians are muslim and most of Greeks are Orthodox Christians. Me as Albanian muslim stil admire and like Greek History.
WOW!! It's nice to see someone know and explain so well my country's histrory/geography!!! Your Greek accent is amazing too!! Thank you for making this great video!!
Don't go to Santorini, it's too expensive and an overrated island. I have been there and it ain't even they good, there are many other islands that are more beautiful. Crete has many landscapes, islands like Corfu, Lefkada etc have beautiful landscapes and beaches.
Fun fact : Greece has the largest coast line in mediterenian and the 11th place worldwide, our coastline is even longer than the one from Brazil... (love to Exotic Brazil)... so Greece is far from being called a small country !!!
it is a small country, the crazy coastline length is because of the complex shape of the mainland and the enormous amount of tiny islands. When all these add up, they make an impressive length. Looking at the map though, Brazil can easily fit ten Greece-sized countries inside of it if not more
Hi, I am very satisfied that I found this chanel for learning about many countries. It seems that you are quite good and informed about your theme each time. Especially for Greece, because this is the only that I have seen . I've learned new information for my born place that really I 've not ever heard . When it comes to geography and providing elements for countries you're boss. Keep it up and take it off. I would like maybe videos for specific territories- places in countries characterizing for sth which you are going expose it to your presentation .
Medieval Greece ie Byzantium had an equally enormous impact on the western world as it saved much of the ancient knowledge and stopped many invasions notably muslim. As for modern Greece some of its unknown accomplishments is the fact that many Greeks enlisted to the US Marine corps when it was founded and 50 Greek gunmen fought at the famous Derna battle along with US troops as there were still under the Sultans and favored the West which promised freedom and a modern way of to the autocracy and tyranny of the east...
When Aristotle went around Greece he encountered hundreds of different political systems. That as well with the fact that thousands of distinct philosophies, ways of life and thinking lived throughout Greece shows that this nation had a wide variety and aspects of life, it's not just Athens and Sparta, there are Naxos, Samos, Epirus etc. Where the people thought differently from the others. Philosophies that if many read them they'd believe that Greece has actually many things in common with the far east as well (China, Japan etc.).
I have been living in Greece since I was born and I want other countries to know that Greece isn't just islands but it's also great for hiking in the mountains and camping .
im from greece and i want for people of other countries to know that : being polite and well manared is the secret to getting along with people here! youll be in good terms with mostly everyone as long as you dont insult anyone\anything and you remain respectful to everything ; ]
If you ask anybody on this planet to close their eyes and to think of a beautiful man or woman they will all think of an ancient Greek statue... Because Greeks gave the world the concept of beauty and harmony... Even to this day!
One fact that anyone should know. Asia Minor (today’s Turkey) was Greek homeland for thousands of years (it goes back even further than the Trojan war (the Trojans were also Greeks by the way)). The Turks invaded 1071 ad and assimilated the Greeks of Asia Minor by force to the Islamic and Turkic culture. Many today’s Turks are the descendants of these Asia Minor Greeks that got assimilated with force by the centuries.
1453 ! is the the darkest date for modern Greece when the Mongols, as they were called back then, invaded Konstantinopolis, and not 1071..., what are you trying to do show that they have been there for almost 1000 years?
@@valxydi τό 2071 Βάλια έγινε η αρχή του τέλους για τον βυζαντινό ελληνισμό με τήν μάχη του Μαντζικέρτ αν το λέω σωστά με τήν συντριβή του αυτοκράτορικου στρατού από τους σελτζουκους Τούρκους που τους έδωσε το δικαίωμα μετά να μείνουν και νά εγκαταστάθουν στην Μίκρα Ασία.
@@valxydi Μήν ξεχνάς τήν Δ' σταυροφορία και τήν κατάληψη από τους Φράγκους κυρίως τής Κωνσταντινούπολης το 1204 όλα αυτά και άλλα φυσικά έφτασαν στο σημείο νά μείνει μόνη τής η βασιλεύουσα και να πέσει το 1453...
Nice video, detailed with accurate information! I would only wish to add that according to the recent "Prespes international treaty" which was signed between Greece and North Macedonia, the latter has abolished every claim that they are related in any way to the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia and Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great was a Greek King, just like all the other Greek Kings (like Leonidas in Sparta).... Best regards from Thessaloniki, Greece
There is ONE Macedonia, if Slavic people want some of the greatness of Hellenism, I understand it. However, do not be ridiculous, you have no genetic, linguistic, cultural relationship with the ancient civilizations of the greater Mediterranean. You are Slavs, Bulgarians to be exact.
Outer Macedonia was Hellenized culturally as all Europe was either directly or indirectly. So there is a historically proven connection and a real Hellenide heritage.
@@Зеленыйслоник-е8ъ There is one Macedonia, part of the great Hellenic civilization. We will protect Slavs from your Albanian enemies however do not puss it.
@@evankant277 I‘m not pushing anything. And I don’t see Albanians as enemies by definition. These are your petty Balkan insights. My name is by the way a joke.
@@Зеленыйслоник-е8ъ Balance of hard power is not a Balkan peculiarity but omnipresent reality. Hellas, Israel and so many other nations have to live under the anxiety of violence.
@@evankant277 I understand that in reference to Turkey to a degree due to their huge military build up in the Cold War. But Israel-Palestine is a whole different thing.
According to the "Agreement of Prespa", signed between Greece and North Macedonia in 2018, the modern citizens of the country are recognised as people of slavic origins and do not claim to have any type of connections to the ancient hellenic civilization that inhabited the northern parts of Greece. I know most people try to keep a neutral position, so as not to hurt any viewers, but the issue concerning the national identity of the country's population is officially resolved.
@@paok4paok459 If we had the right government from the startwe wouldnt accept turkish speaking Christians from turkey in 1922 or people in thrace who speak Bulgarian but say they are turks.Things would be better from the start.
Not exacly. Greeks have kept their part of the deal while North Macedonians still label their country as The Macedonia and still protest on the streets to "claim back" numberous part of lands they never owned or had any relationship with.
@@cloudshifter Unfortunately the population of this country has gone through so much propaganda over the past decades that they have the nerve to keep supporting their unhistorical views and geographical claims in the land of neighbor countries.
@@msicvbes4977 I wouldn't say propaganda per say, but definatelly foolishly continuing to uphold the deal when the other part completely shits on it. Now North Macedonia is arguing with the country they stole their language from.
