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10 CENTURIES OF GREEK HISTORY
Caution: The dates given here are hypothetical and are currently NOT accepted by mainstream scholars.
11th century AD: The first city-states of Greece flourish
12th century AD: The time of the three eclipses described by Greek historian Thucydides
13th century AD: "Homer" writes the Odyssey and the Iliad
14th century AD: The Parthenon is built on the Acropolis in Athens
15th century AD: Pletho writes "Plato's" books. Greece becomes part of the Ottoman Empire
16th century: Aristarchus of Samos and Copernicus discover, roughly at the same time, that the Earth lies at the center of the universe
17th century: the Parthenon, then a mosque, is partly destroyed by Venetians
18th century: Greece is still under Ottoman rule
19th century: Greece regains its independence
20th century: Athens becomes a mass tourism destination
21st century: In spite of an economic crisis, Greece remains a sought-after tourist destination
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