希腊首都雅典是一座历史名城,位于巴尔干半岛东南部的阿提卡半岛西侧,从新石器时代起便有人居住。最早的建筑物始于公元前12世纪,当时阿克罗波利斯山为一要塞,万锡尼人在此筑围墙为雅典的雏形。公元前8世纪伊奥尼亚人在此建立奴隶制城邦;公元前6世纪后开始繁荣,曾以盟主地位联 Athens, the capital of Greece, is a historic city on the western side of the Attica in the southeastern part of the Balkans, which has been inhabited since the Neolithic era. The earliest buildings began in the 12th century BC, when Acropolis Hill was a fortress, where the Manzanites built the walls for the prototype of Athens. The Ionians in the 8th century BC set up a slave-city state here; they began to flourish after the 6th century BC,