Athens is one of the oldest cities in the world, with a recorded history of over 3000 years. Now Athens is the eighth largest city in Europe. Athens is the economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural center of Greece. Athens is also one of the commercial centers of the European Union. The urban population is 3.3 million, and the suburban population is 3.8 million. The urban area is 39 square kilometers, and the suburb is 4 12 square kilometers.
Ancient Athens was a powerful city-state and a world-famous cultural ancient city. Greece is the birthplace of philosophy, and it is also the place where Plato Institute and Aristotle give lectures. Socrates, Herodotus, Pericles, Sophocles, aristophanes, euripides, Aeschylus and other famous philosophers, politicians and writers were all born or lived in Athens, so Athens is called "the cradle of western civilization" and the birthplace of democracy. The cultural and political achievements in the 5th and 4th centuries BC had a great influence on European and world cultures.
Athens still retains many historical sites and a large number of works of art, the most famous of which is the Parthenon in the Acropolis, which is a symbol of western culture.
Athens is the birthplace of the Olympic Games. The first Summer Olympic Games was held in 1896. In 2004, the 28th Summer Olympic Games was held in Athens.
Athens is one of the oldest cities in Europe and the world. Its history can be traced back to 1 0,000 BC more than 3,000 years ago, and Athens became the core city of ancient Greece. From the end of the 9th century BC to the beginning of the 8th century BC, Athens was an ancient city with a long history in ancient Greece, with luxurious noble tombs and rapid production of iron and bronze, reaching the level of establishing a city-state as an early slave country. Solon was the first consul of Athens, and peisistratus was his successor. During their reign, Athens' industry and commerce developed remarkably. The 5th century BC became the cradle of western culture.
In 492 BC, the Persian War broke out and Persia was defeated in several major battles. It was not until 449 BC that the two sides concluded a peace treaty that the war ended. In June of 43 1 BC, the Peloponnesian War broke out between Athens and Sparta, which lasted for more than 20 years and ended in the defeat of Athens.
Athens began to decline in the Middle Ages and revived during the Byzantine Empire. During the jihad, Athens prospered because of its trade with Italy. During the Ottoman rule, Athens declined again. /kloc-In the 9th century, Athens became the capital of independent Greece. /kloc-during the period of 0/920s, due to the outbreak of war, a large number of refugees from Anatolia, Turkey flooded into Athens, which also expanded the population of Athens. Today, about half of the Greek population lives in Athens.
Athens is located in the central plain of Attica, surrounded by mountains. Ai Gariod Mountain in the west, Panisa Mountain in the north, Pentree Mountain in the northeast, Hermitos Mountain in the east and San Ronicke Bay in the southwest. The geographical structure of Athens leads to inversion, which is also one of the reasons for the serious air pollution in recent years. (Los Angeles and Athens have the same geographical structure and similar problems. Since 1990s, the local government has taken a series of measures to improve air quality, and gradually achieved results. Nowadays, smog is rarely seen in Athens.