The history of the city Athens hands back about 7,500 years, into the Jungsteinzeit. Around 1300 v. Chr. on the Akropolis a mykenischer king palace was established. The oldest city plant was limited to the upper surface of a steep, only rock hill accessible from the west, which formed later than castle (Akropolis) the military and religious center of Athens. The surface was already very promptly gradened and surrounded with a strong wall, which became secured with nine one behind the other arranged gates (Enneapylai). This plant was called after the Pelasgern, to which one attributed the building, Pelargikon. Within this castle the old kings of this part of Attika lived. Athens stood since more jeher under the special protection of the Zeus, an early delighted altar was dedicated to which, as well as the city-protecting Athene (Athene Polias), which also the oldest temple of the city, which Hekatompedos was geweiht. Opposite the outside town-gate the oldest market of the city, the Agora lay.
The main industries are the tourism as the textile, main source of income and lederwarenindustrie, the high and foundation engineering, banks and insurance, production of food and luxuries as well as the paper and graphic arts industry. Thus nearly 50% of the Greek industrial enterprises are in Athens. Athens has the advantage of the peripheral location of Europe, since the city becomes thereby an important commercial post between Europe and the Orient. Besides Athens could register 2001 by the entry to the monetary union a strong upswing credit system, which is based on more favorable the credits become. Many Greeks built themselves thereby a house, what benefitted again the building industry, anyway already from the preparations on the olympic plays profited. In addition, this apparent upswing was criticized. Thus the durability of the jobs was doubted and stated that the job market had to become more flexible. In addition the control system is to be reformed and the privatisation of state enterprises must faster precede.
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