Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts

Saturday, December 24, 2011

GREECE VS TURKEY

THE BIG FIGHT GREECE AGAINST TURKEY THE BEST GREEK FIGHTER STAM THE SHOWMAN AND THE AGGRESSION AGAINST THE TURKISH FIGHTER



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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Chios Greece - Unique Mastic from Chios Island

Famous for mastic, olives and figs,
Chios Greece is an island of breath taking scenery and old
villages untouched by time. Chian amphora have been
found as far away as Gaul, Egypt abs Russia. Chios island
was the site of a brutal Turkish retaliation after the
Greek revolt. Over 80% of the population was
decimated.

Look up mastic and the island of Chios Greece is mentioned by
name. Mastic is an indigenous evergreen shrub that
yields a hard, bitter resin. The bark is wounded, sap
oozes out and dries. When chewed, or similarly
processed, the resin becomes bright, white and spicy.
The resulting product is used to flavor liqueurs and
chewing gum, among a long list of other foods.

Chios island is famous for mastic and for olives and figs and
wine. It is famed for its breath taking scenery.
Chios island is a Greek Island in the northeast Aegean Sea,
about 5 miles away from the Turkish coast. This is
one of the few places it is possible to take a ferry
from Greece to Turkey.

Chios island is fifth largest of the Greek islands. The city of Chios,
also known as Chora, is the capital and chief port.
There is over 200 km of coastline. There are many
beaches with clean sands or smooth pebbles. On the
north end of the island, small villages rest on high
mountains, seemingly forgotten by time. Residents
practice age old agriculture techniques. Tourists are
rarely seen. There are old citrus groves surrounded
by high stone walls built to block the winds and
protect the fruit.

This Greek island has been inhabited since Neolithic times.
Archaeologists have discovered cave dwellings and an
ancient necropolis. The size and duration of the
settlements have not been well established. Chios island is
thought to have been unoccupied through the Bronze
Age. Later, chiefdoms developed. It is generally
accepted that Homer was a native of Chios Greece. Ionians
most likely colonized the island, most likely
emigrating from the mainland. Chios island was one of the
ancient members of the Ionian League, the largest
exporter of fine wines. Chian amphora, clay vessels
bearing a sphinx emblem with bunches of grapes, have
been found as far away as Gaul, Egypt and Russia.

Beseiged by Rome, Chios Greece was held next by the Persians.
Christianized while being held by the Byzantine
Empire, Chios island was next occupied by the Saracens. In
the early1200's, Venetians claimed Chios Greece, then passed
it on to the Genoese. Chios island prospered under Genoese
rule until the Turkish takeover in 1566.

In 1821, Chios Island joined in the general Greek revolt, and
for some reason was singled out for especially severe
punishment by the Turks. Most of the population was
slaughtered, enslaved or managed to escape. Over 80%
of the population was annihilated. That massacre of
1822 triggered massive outrage throughout much of
Europe, and is still remembered today.

Greeks retaliated, some time later, by blowing up a
Turkish ship in their Chios' home port. Even later,
in 1881, a massive earthquake killed many of those
living on the island. In 1912, Chios island became part of
Greece, as it is today.

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Greece - The Turkish occupation of Crete

This gentlemen, is not it time for a different rite in the Christian church, but of a different faith. The island has been divided into three pachalics Heraklion and was known from the site until Megalo Kastro, the great fortress ruled. Ottoman rule was initially not particularly destructive, but it was completely indifferent to the economic situation of nature, creating serious difficulties and hardships. Turkey directors of urban life at a disadvantagefor safety and because it is more suitable to their traditions and their mosques (churches applied without exceptions), and a few houses in towns along the north coast are the only visible evidence of foreign occupation, which lasted more than 200 years.

There is a fierce discrimination against Christians, especially those relating to taxation and property were affected: survival depended on it, often compromised, and conversions to Islam were tacticsoften understandable. There was a sharp contrast between the districts of vulnerable lowland and mountain regions are remote and difficult access, where sporadic rebellion and intrigue for the cause of independence was a way of life. Unfortunately, people in the plains are often necessary to stop the harassment, when the Warriors moved to support their mountain strongholds.

In 1770 a major revolt was led by the legendary proud Daskaloyiannis CIOs Sfakia Cretewas taken by the Russians as part of a diversion, to promote its strategy on the continent. The rebellion collapsed, its leader was suffering and was executed, and Sfakia accordingly.

Across the island, the leadership is expected, often in secret monasteries and dangerous circumstances. Their efforts were directed not only to protect the Orthodox Church, but also by the formation of the preservation of Greek cultural tradition, the ultimate goalthe independence of Crete.

In a more general, Crete had become a pawn in international power politics, this time in the world of great powers in post-Napoleonic Europe, then Britain, France, Italy and Russia. The revolt of 1821, triggered the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence. was presented with Egypt in 1832 when the state was founded not include greek Crete. had to endure the humiliation of ten years of the Egyptian government.

L 'greek throne was Prince Otto of Wittelsbach, where, and under the protection of Great Britain, Russia and France, but this attempt to establish a stable constitutional government failed, and in 1862, Otto was filed. A Danish prince became King George I of Greece, a hint of concession to the idea of ​​a Greek team in general. In Crete renewed protest Enosis, union with Greece, led the revolt of "1866, when women and children in the area of ​​deadMonastery of Arkadi has great sympathy for the situation in Crete.

Greece has had problems with attention to its northern border and its relations with the major powers used often stretched to the point of hostility. Riots continue in Crete until 1898, when the forces finally seized the opportunity of peace talks between Greece and the Ottoman Empire on the continent of a settlement on the island of fines. Crete was granted autonomous status under the Ottoman EmpireSovereignty and a High Commissioner was appointed in the person of Prince George, second son of the greek kings, who ruled from Chania.

In a new crisis in 1906 was in Prince George. His reign of eight years of Enosis was not as close, and clashed with insurgents in Crete Assembly, formed a rival government are committed to the cause of union with Greece. One of its leaders was Eleftherios Venizelos. Born in 1864 in Chania (although technically a greek theme) that hadhas emerged as a young man in the struggle for independence for the island, and is now an influential member of the Assembly, first hoisted the flag Greek island of Crete, two Prophitis hill, overlooking the Akrotiri Chania. The crisis was temporarily appointed veteran Alexander Zaimis resolved as High Commissioner, but two years later in Athens Venizelos called in an atmosphere of nationalist rebellion, and after a revision of the Constitution, became Prime Ministerin Greece for the first time.

In 1913, Gnosis was finally reached. The Treaty of Bucharest, which ended the war in the Balkans. Greek sovereignty of Crete has been approved and in the midst of scenes of wild jubilation on the island to become an integral part of the Greek nation.

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