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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Greece: Greece – sovereign country located on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe. Greece borders Albania, Bulgaria, and the Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east and south of mainland Greece, while the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Both parts of the Eastern Mediterranean basin feature a vast number of islands. Greece lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia and Africa. It is heir to the heritages of ancient Greece, the Roman and Byzantine Empires,〔Sir Steven Runciman, Conclusion, ''The Fall of Constantinople''〕 and nearly four centuries of Ottoman rule.〔"Greece." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 6 Sept. 2006 Greece is a developed country, a member of the European Union since 1981, a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union since 2001, NATO since 1952,〔On the 14 August 1974 Greek forces withdrew from the integrated military structure of NATO in protest at the Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus. Greece rejoined NATO in 1980.〕 the OECD since 1961, the WEU since 1995 and ESA since 2005. Athens is the capital; Thessaloniki, Patras, Heraklion, Volos, Ioannina, Larissa and Kavala are some of the country's other major cities. ==General reference== * Pronunciation: * Common English country name: Greece * Official English country name: The Hellenic Republic * Common endonym(s): (''Ellas'', archaic); (''Ellada'') * Official endonym(s): (''Elliniki Dimokratia'') * Adjectives: Greek, Grecian, Hellenic * Demonym: Greek * Etymology: Name of Greece * International rankings of Greece * ISO country codes: GR, GRC, 300 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GR * Internet country code top-level domain: .gr 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Outline of Greece」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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