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Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BC, and its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of western civilization.
The most complete information guide about Athens, Greece. HISTORY OF ATHENS. Greek War of Independence. Just before the Greek War of Independence of 1821, the population of Athens was about 11.000: Greek-and Albanian-speaking Christians and Turkish, Greek-and Albanian-speaking Muslims, the majority being the Christians.