1928–1943
Georgios Papanikolaou and the Pap Test
Georgios Papanikolaou, a doctor born in Kymi on Euboea, developed the cervical smear test that still bears his name. His method made…
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c. 1890–1924
Greek Emigration to the United States, 1890s–1920s
After the collapse of currant prices in the 1890s, tens of thousands of young Greeks left for the United States. Working in…
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The Greek Diaspora in the Nineteenth Century
The nineteenth-century Greek diaspora included old Ottoman commercial communities and newer migrations to Egypt, Russia, western Europe, the Americas and other regions.…
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