The Shortest History of Greece. From Myths to Modern Realities
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Philosophy, art, democracy, language, even computers — many of our achievements have their roots in Greek civilization. As we know, both the empire of Alexander the Great and the Roman Empire were essentially Greek. The Renaissance and the European Enlightenment philosophers turned to the Greeks for inspiration. Following a clear chronology, James Heneage paints a brief and broad-brush history of Greece. The first part of the book is devoted to the period from ancient times to 1453 — a time the author calls “ruling half the world.” In 1453, Greece lost its independence and became part of the Ottoman Empire, so the second part covers a period of almost four hundred years, which the author calls “the longest sleep” of the nation. 1830, the year of full awakening from this “sleep,” became the date of the proclamation and final recognition of the independence of the Kingdom of Greece. The third part describes the history of modern Greece up to 1949 (the reign of Otto, George I, the revolution and civil war in Russia, the First and Second World Wars and the civil war in Greece). The fourth part covers the events from 1949 to 2020. The result is a concise and informative chronicle of the historical path of the Greeks, more than three thousand years long.
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