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Greek Independence

Greece Under the Ottoman Yoke

The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 marked the end of the Byzantine Empire. For Greece it was the beginning of a long period under the Ottoman yoke, known as Turkocratia, i.e. Turkish rule.

Athens - Capital of Greece

Starting in the 18th Century ancient Athens regained in peoples' minds its historical glory and significance as a consequence of the great revival of interest in classical Greek antiquity in Europe as well as America.

Kapodistrias

A first attempt to form a central government in Greece still an insurgent nation in war with Turkey, not yet an independent state was made in 1827.

The Greek Revolution

By the end of March 1821 sporadic fighting between Greeks and Turks had taken the form of a full-fledged uprising -with the Peloponnese as its epicenter.

Prehistoric Greek Civillizations

Minoan and Cretan Civilization The island of Crete was the center of the first western-european civilization Mycenaean Civilization The new political, economic and cultural superpower of the Aegean region, The Early Greek Years The Mycenaean civilization comes to an end, the Dark Ages begin. More...

The Classical years

The Common Institutions The Persian Wars The Peloponnesian Wars (5th c.) A Destructive Brotherly Blood-Shedding The Birth of Democracy The City-States Colonization of Greek city-states More...

Editor's Choice

Zagori: Villages hidden behind mountains

Zagori is an area of great natural beauty and unique architecture in the Pindus Mountains in Epirus in Northwestern Greece. The area is of about 1.000 square kilometers and contains 46 villages. Zagoria villages is called by Greeks “Zagorochoria” meaning the villages behind the mountain.

In 1989, Professor of Byzantine Studies, Helen Ahrweiler is appointed Chairman of the Cultural Centre Pompidou in Paris

Greek Independence

Greece Under the Ottoman Yoke

Athens - Capital of Greece

Kapodistrias

The Greek Revolution

Prehistoric Greek Civillizations

The Classical years

Hellinistic & Roman Period

Byzantine Empire

Contemporary

Editor's Choice

Zagori: Villages hidden behind mountains