101 Facts about Greece: History - Culture Nature Curiosities

A country everyone thinks they know the same things about.Nobody knows how many islands Greece has: published figures run from 1,200 to 6,000, depending on the size at which a rock becomes an island. Four-fifths of the country is mountain. The coastline runs 8,498 miles, longer than France's. Greek shipowners control more tonnage than anyone on earth. And the height of Mount Olympus was first measured reliably in 2023. 101 facts. Each one on its own page. Short enough to dip into, precise enough to look things up in. Arranged in six chapters: - Geography & Nature - Olympus, the Vikos Gorge, volcanoes, monk seals- History & Archaeology - Minoans, Thermopylae, Antikythera, the junta- People, Language & Cities - name days, Athos, the language war, Athens- Sea, Islands & Seafaring - the merchant fleet, Corinth Canal, sponge divers- Food & Drink - feta, moussaka, retsina, mastic, ouzo- Economy, Records & Everyday Life - the debt crisis, solar roofs, the anthem The uncomfortable chapters are here too. > Checked, not copied. >With a country profile, timeline, glossary, and index for looking things up. Useless knowledge can be many things. Wrong should not be one of them.