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a Includes those of ancestral descent. b Includes people with "cultural roots". c Those whose stated ethnic origins included "Greek" among others. The number of those whose stated ethnic origin is solely "Greek" is 145,250. An additional 3,395 Cypriots of undeclared ethnicity live in Canada. d Approx. 60,000 Griko people and 30,000 post WW2 migrants. e "Including descendants".
Greek ethnicity and Greek citizenship are two distinct legal statuses, both being derived from Greek citizenship law. Thus, Greek ethnicity establishes the requirement for the right to apply for Greek citizenship due to descent.
This is a list of ethnic Greeks who were born after the Declaration of the Greek War of Independence (1821), outside the borders of the Greek state. The list does not include Greeks born in the diasporan communities or Greeks of Cyprus (after its independence in 1960), but only Greeks born in the traditional Greek homelands (the Balkans ...
Ancient Greek civilization, the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended about 1200 BCE, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BCE. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific achievements that formed a legacy with unparalleled influence on Western civilization.
Like any other race, group, and culture, Greeks have their own unique physical characteristics and stereotypes born out of their genetics, diet, traditions, and geography. Here’s a quick list of the traits that makes Greek people Greek.
Ancient Greece at its height comprised settlements in Asia Minor, southern Italy, Sicily, and the Greek islands. It was divided into city-states— Athens and Sparta were among the most powerful—that functioned independently of one another.
Xeniteia, or sojourning in foreign lands, with its strong overtones of nostalgia for the faraway homeland, has been a central element in the historical experience of the Greek people. Greece is a country that is at once European, Balkan, Mediterranean, and Near Eastern.
The Greeks became skilled seafaring people & traders who built some of the most impressive structures in antiquity. The geography of Greece greatly influenced the culture in that, with few natural resources and surrounded by water, the people eventually took to the sea for their livelihood.
Greek culture and identity reflect the shared history and common expectations of all members of the nation-state, but they also reflect an ethnic history and culture that predate the nation-state and extend to Greek people outside the country's borders.
The Greek people, historically referred to as Hellenes, represent a distinguished ethnic group originating from the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea areas, encompassing Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and other Mediterranean neighboring nations.