1071. In Manzikert, part of modern Turkey, a new Muslim dynasty, the Seljuks, manages to dominate in a battle against...

Following a 53-day siege, Constantinople falls into the hands of the Ottomans on March 29, 1453. With the capital of ...

In order to fill up the empire’s treasure chests after conquering new territories, Ottomans imposed heavy taxes to th...

Under the Ottoman rule, a long period of intellectual darkness began in Greece. With almost all educated people and s...

With intellectuals away from Greece, Church took on the role of the watchful guardian of the Greek language. But equa...

Before the Revolution of 1821, Greece’s population was a mosaic of people of different religions. Amid the extremely ...

Since the fall of Constantinople, Greeks staged 123 smaller or bigger revolutions, which were usually instigated by t...

With their modern ideas and activities, Greek intellectuals and expatriates prepared the ground for the burst of the ...

Beside Greek intellectuals, crucial role to the preparation of the Revolution played the numerous secret organization...

On February 24, 1821, Alexandros Ipsilantis, who has taken on the leadership of Filiki Eteria after Kapodistrias’ ref...

Conflicts over power and the management of British loans gave rise to civil wars between rebelled Greeks. Finally, th...

The fact that the Revolution of 1821 was the only one to have employed the navy was the key to its success. Hydra, Sp...

In a very short time period, Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first governor of Greece, managed to create a state from scrat...

The period of anarchy that followed Kapodistrias’ murder destroyed almost everything he had created. To fill his gap,...