HISTORY
THE EARLIEST EVIDENCE OF THE PRESENCE OF HUMAN ANCESTORS IN THE
BALKANS, DATED TO 270,000 BC, IS TO BE FOUND IN THE PETRALONA CAVE, IN THE
NORTHERN GREEK PROVINCE OF MACEDONIA. ALL THREE STAGES OF THE STONE AGE
(PALEOLITHIC, MESOLITHIC, AND NEOLITHIC) ARE REPRESENTED IN GREECE.
FRANCHTHI CAVE IS ONE OF THE BETTER KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THIS ERA, AS IT WAS
OCCUPIED DURING ALL THREE OF THESE PHASES. NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENTS IN
GREECE, DATING FROM THE 7TH MILLENNIUM BC, ARE THE OLDEST IN EUROPE BY
SEVERAL CENTURIES, AS GREECE LIES ON THE ROUTE VIA WHICH FARMING SPREAD
FROM THE NEAR EAST TO EUROPE.
FAMOUS BUILDINGS
FAMOUS SINGERS:
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ARNI – LAMB MOUSAKA - MUSAKA
Typical Greek Food

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    HISTORY THE EARLIEST EVIDENCEOF THE PRESENCE OF HUMAN ANCESTORS IN THE BALKANS, DATED TO 270,000 BC, IS TO BE FOUND IN THE PETRALONA CAVE, IN THE NORTHERN GREEK PROVINCE OF MACEDONIA. ALL THREE STAGES OF THE STONE AGE (PALEOLITHIC, MESOLITHIC, AND NEOLITHIC) ARE REPRESENTED IN GREECE. FRANCHTHI CAVE IS ONE OF THE BETTER KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THIS ERA, AS IT WAS OCCUPIED DURING ALL THREE OF THESE PHASES. NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENTS IN GREECE, DATING FROM THE 7TH MILLENNIUM BC, ARE THE OLDEST IN EUROPE BY SEVERAL CENTURIES, AS GREECE LIES ON THE ROUTE VIA WHICH FARMING SPREAD FROM THE NEAR EAST TO EUROPE.
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    ARNI – LAMBMOUSAKA - MUSAKA Typical Greek Food