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Athens

  The city of Athens is one of the oldest cities in the world.  The written records go back 3,400 years.  The first settlers were there in the 11th or 7th millennium B. C. E.  In the 1400s B.C.E. the city was taken over by Mycenae.  There are the remains of a Mycenaean fort near Athens with Cyclopean walls.   Later in the 6th century B.C.E Persia had attempted to invade.  The first battle was the Battle of Marathon followed by the Battle of Salamis.  The city's most famous landmark is the Parthenon, which was ruined during part of the long war with Persia.  A few centuries later Plato and Aristotle were coming up with different theories about the world just of the coast.  The Academy of Athens gets its name from Plato's Academy.  The Acropolis of Athens is also a famous site.  Acropolis is Greek for high city or an elevated city.  The Acropolis and the Sea provided advantages against land attackers.  The relics of Ancient Greece are kept in the National Archeological Museum, which is located in Athens.  In more modern history Athens is where the Olympics began in 1896 and they hosted the Olympics again in 2004.