Greece, which is also known as The Hellenic Republic, is located in southeast Europe on the south end of the Balkan Peninsula at the juncture of Europe, Asia and Africa. Greece is surrounded and bordered by Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.

The Grecian climate is typical of the Mediterranean region, which consists of a very mild, wet winter and a hot, and very dry summer. Greece is known to have the tenth longest coastlinehttp://www.fotopedia.com/items/jeans-6zZOJUw4QBY in all of the world running at 14,880 km ( which is 9,246.00 mi) in length, being home of a large amount of islands, approximately 1400, 227 that actually have inhabitants. These include the Dodecanese, Crete, the Cyclades, and the Ionian Islands as well as many other. About eighty percent of Greece is made up of mountains. Mount Olympus is the highest, standing at 2,917 m. Its situation in the Balkan mountain range makes it one of the most mountainous countries in Europe, and make it a popular tourist destination for vacationers from around the world.

Greece was home to some of the first advanced civilizations in Europe: The Minoans on the island of Crete and the Myceneans on the mainlandhttp://www.ahistoryofgreece.com/bronzeage.htm. Greece has many historical and mystical ideas that have grown from it's very land. Greece is considered to be the very birthplace of Western philosophy and literature, the Olympic Games, democratic government, and dramatic theater.

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• Wikipedia: Geography of Greece

• WorldAtlas.com: Greece Maps

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