Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Competitive event at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games
Emanuel Ginobili was named the tournament's best player and Argentina won its first Olympic title.
Photo: Matthew Mayer (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Democracy was born there in the fifth century BC. The first ancient Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776 BC. The modern Games were reborn there in 1896. The country is scattered with thousands of islands and islets, and its independence dates from the war that began in 1821.
A few cards of the album
The start of their anecdote. The album's other cards are for you to discover in the game.
Battle of Artemisium
480 BCE naval battle
While Leonidas held Thermopylae, the Greek fleet faced the Persians off Euboea. It was a series of clashes over several days. When the defeat at Thermopylae was announced, the battered Greeks fell back to Salamis.
Photo: Aegean_Sea_map_bathymetry-fr.svg: Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting) derivative work: MinisterForBadTimes (talk) (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Battle of Cape Matapan
1941 naval engagement of World War II
In March 1941 off the Peloponnese, Italian and British sailors clashed. The fight marked a turning point: the battleship gave up its crown to the aircraft carrier.
Photo: Ministero Della Difesa-Marina (Public domain)
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