Category Archives: Geography
The Black Sea
Traversed by Ancient and Modern Empires Here is about an area of the world that remains, for those of us oriented primarily toward North America and Europe, a historically complicated and geographically confusing mélange of ancient empires initially forged by … Continue reading
Greeks Finally have a Nation State…
… after several millennia. On February 3, 1830, the three Great Powers (The United Kingdom, The Kingdom of France and the Russian Empire) established Greece as an independent, sovereign state with the adoption of “The London Protocol.” (Note: Unless otherwise … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Greece, History
Tagged Byzantine Empire, city-state, Greece, Greek culture, Greek language, nation-state, Ottoman Empire, Roman Empire
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