Which country is Athens in? Basic overview?

Athens is the capital of the Greek Republic, located at the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula. Athens is one of the oldest cities in Europe and even the entire world, with a history dating back more than 3,000 years.

In 1000 BC, Athens became the core city of ancient Greece. From the late 9th century BC to the early 8th century BC, there were luxurious tombs of nobles in Athens, and the production of iron and bronze also developed rapidly, reaching the level of establishing a city-state, an early slave state.

Athens is located in the central plain of Attica, surrounded by mountains on three sides and the sea on one side. To the southwest is the Gulf of St. Ronique, 8 kilometers away from the Aegean Sea's Faliron Bay, to the west is Mount Aigario, to the north is Mount Panissa, to the northeast is Mount Pentry, and to the east is Mount Imitos.

Extended information

Athens is the economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural center of Greece. Athens is also one of the EU's business centers. In addition to olives, Athens is also rich in high-quality marble. Due to its geographical location, Athens had long had to import wheat; thus forcing Athens to engage in maritime trade.

Ranega, Egypt, Italy (especially the Magna Graecia region and Sicily), and the surrounding areas of the Black Sea supplied Athens with wheat. Other imported products included papyrus, spices, textiles, metals, shipbuilding materials such as wood, flax, and pitch, as well as grains. Greek cities exported wine, pottery, and olive oil.

Athens sells marble mined from Penteli, which is famous in the Greek world; in addition, one of the sources of wealth for the ancient Athenians is their industrial olive oil, which was used as a necessary bath and cleaning product at that time. Olive oil needs spices imported from Africa to neutralize the pungent smell of the olive oil itself.

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