History of Athens

The history of Athens is the longest of any city in Europe: Athens has been continuously inhabited for at least 3,000 years. It was the birthplace of democracy and it became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BC. Its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC are said to have laid the foundations of western civilisation. After a long period of decline under the rule of the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire, Athens re-emerged in the 19th century as the capital of the independent Greek state.

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Europe - Athens - Democracy - Ancient Greece - First millennium BC - Western civilisation - Byzantine Empire - Ottoman Empire - 19th century - Greek

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