1. Waves of migration in Greece
2nd Lyceum of Kos

2. Waves of migration in Greece
Waves from Middle East
Antiquity-1st colonisation
Antiquity-2nd colonisation
Empires
Fall of Constantinople
1st wave of immigration
2nd wave of immigration
3rd wave of immigration
Waves of migration in Greece

3. Antiquity

4. Early Migrations from the Middle East
The area of Greece was among the first regions of the European continent inhabited by people from the Middle East before historical times.
Minoan Civilization was the first Civilization in Europe, in Crete

7. First Greeks
The ancient Greeks (Homer, Herodotus, etc.) called those first inhabitants of the Aegean region Pelasgians, while today Historians call them First or Pre-Greeks.

8. 1st colonisation of Greece
Achaeans : the first Indo-European populations installed in Greece around 1900 BC.
Achaeans met the first-Greek people (Pelasgians, Leleges, Kares etc.)
Mycenaean culture: one of the first "Indo-European cultures" around 1,600 BC

10. 2nd colonisation 8th century BC and over the next two centuries:
Greeks were established on both sides of the Aegean Sea and continued to expand.
Magna Graecia:Mediterranean coast, the Black Sea, part of South Italy, Sicily etc.

12. Hellenistic and Roman Period

13. Migrations during the Hellenistic Period
4th - 2nd century BC:
Migrations during the Empire of Alexander the Great and his successors.
Fusion of Eastern and Greek civilization.

15. Migrations in the Roman Empire
Greece was part of the Roman Empire.
2nd century BC - 4th century AC.
The Migration Period affected the Western & Eastern part of the Empire.
Germanic tribes fled from the Huns. The Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantine Empire, was less affected.

18. Byzantine Period

19. Fall of Byzantine Empire (Constantinople) and the Renaissance
The migration waves of Byzantine in the period following the fall of Constantinople in 1453 is considered by many scholars key to the revival of Greek and Roman studies that led to the development of the Renaissance humanism and science.

21. Recent Period (after 1821)

22. Recent waves of migration in Greece
: Mostly to U.S.A. and Egypt (1st wave of migration)
after World War II: Western Europe, U.S.A., Canada, Australia (2nd wave of migration)
2008-present: Germany, Sweden, UK, U.S.A., Canada, Australia (3rd wave of migration)

23. Recent times: First wave of immigration
1893 economic crisis followed by the rapid fall in the price of currants the Greek major export product led to the international markets.
: emigration of a sixth of the Greek population mostly to the USA and Egypt.

28. Recent times: Second wave of immigration
After WWII, Greek migration to industrialized nations of Northern and Western Europe.
During the oil crises (1973 and 1980) : Economic uncertainty - migration more than 1 million Greeks
Basic destinations ( ): Western Europe, USA, Canada and Australia.

29. Recent times: Second wave of immigration
Economic and political reasons motivated migration
Connected with the consequences of the Civil War ( ) and the period of military junta ( ).
Official statistics: ( ) Germany absorbed , Australia , the US and Canada Greek migrants.

35. Recent times: Third wave of immigration
Since 2008: Largest wave of emigration( 21st century) in Greece
Almost half a million Greeks migrated in seek for better living conditions elsewhere.
The majority of emigrants is young, educated and professionally experienced.

36. Recent times: Third wave of immigration
2008: exodus of Greeks by In the next three years it doubled.
Difference between previous waves: migrants mainly unskilled workers and farmers (less educated than nowadays).
Today Greece is losing young educated people with professional experience.
It is known, that the great exodus of Greeks began in 2008 and by 2013 the number had reached 100,000, and in the next three years (2016) it had doubled. The Greek emigration abroad in search of work is in progress and it never seems to end.
The difference of the current drain to previous waves is that the ones who migrated was mainly unskilled workers and farmers, but today the country is losing young educated people with professional experience.
t is known, that the great exodus of Greeks began in 2008 and by 2013 the number had reached 100,000, and in the next three years (2016) it had doubled. The Greek emigration abroad in search of work is in progress and it never seems to end.

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