Brennus, the leader of Gauls

Intro 1528 : Don Theodoro,officially the First Greek to have been to what is today USA, lands in   Florida .   1592 : Greek Captain Juan de Fuca sailed up the Pacific coast under the Spanish flag, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic. He reported discovering a body of water, a strait which today bears his name: the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which today forms part of the Canada–United States border. 1768 : 500 Greeks create the first Greek colony in USA, particularly in   Florida . 1850's : The first significant Greek community to develop in USA, in   New Orleans, Louisiana   *Before 1890, the vast majority of Greeks, either during the first colonial wave or later as immigrants prefer the Southern states Greeks in the American civil war In 1861, the Greeks living in New Orleans organized their own volunteer militia regiment to fight on the Confederate side in the Civil War. a note from the May 28, 1861 issue of the Daily True Delta, an

Medieval History of Greece, can devided between two parts: The Byzantine , and The Frankish, Venetian, Catalan Both have left their impact in the identity of Greece, and especially in the architecture. The first, the byzantine lasted longer, but the second, Frankish, Venetian and Catalan was more recent to our days, so both have affected Greece equally. Some of the most important Castles in Greece, located mainly in Peloponnese and South Aegean islands:

Aims of the following article: 1)to highlight the cultural, linguistic, racial and mental differences between Greece and Turkey, which, in case of Greece, represent the 90% of Greek identity, especially in terms of Greeks proper 2) along with the historical reasons that lead to this conclusion, in order to respond to the question “what are some similarities between Greeks and Turks”. Turkish vs Greek Culture Considering at least 4 aspects of culture, Architecture, music/dances, folk costumes and cuisine, Greek culture is clearly distinguishable from Turkish, with Greek being clearly shifted towards Latin speaking countries (and sometimes South-east European countries) and Turkish towards the middle east (Arabic countries), and sometimes Central Asia (Uralic-Altaic countries) Mainstream Greek architecture: Romance architecture (South Italy and South Spain): Vs Turkish architecture: The same goes