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  2. Greek War of Independence - Wikipedia

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    In Germany, Italy and France many clergymen and university professors gave speeches saying all of Europe owed a huge debt to ancient Greece, that the modern Greeks were entitled to call upon the classical heritage as a reason for support, and that Greece would only achieve progress with freedom from the Ottoman Empire. [88]

  3. Ottoman Greece - Wikipedia

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    The vast majority of the territory of present-day Greece was at some point incorporated within the Ottoman Empire.The period of Ottoman rule in Greece, lasting from the mid-15th century until the successful Greek War of Independence broke out in 1821 and the First Hellenic Republic was proclaimed in 1822, is known in Greece as Turkocracy (Greek: Τουρκοκρατία, Tourkokratia, "Turkish ...

  4. First Hellenic Republic - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] From 1822 until 1827, it was known as the Provisional Administration of Greece, and between 1827 and 1832, it was known as the Hellenic State. "First Hellenic Republic" is a historiographical term .

  5. History of modern Greece - Wikipedia

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    Ioannis Kapodistrias. On his arrival, Kapodistrias launched a major reform and modernisation programme that covered all areas. He re-established military unity by bringing an end to the second phase of the civil war; re-organised the military, which was then able to reconquer territory lost to the Ottoman military during the civil wars; and introduced the first modern quarantine system in ...

  6. Demographic history of Greece - Wikipedia

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    Linear B was used to record accounts, and evident from this was the level of sophistication which most certainly reflected in the population distribution,as 50% of the whole Balkan population lived in Greece,meaning that if 4,000,000 people lived in the Balkans in 1250 BC, 2,000,000 people lived in Greece. By the time the Dark Ages were ...

  7. Category:1830s in Greece - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "1830s in Greece" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bavarian Auxiliary Corps; M.

  8. Demographic history of modern Greece - Wikipedia

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    Population censuses in Greece take place the first year of every decade. There have been 28 censuses in the history of modern Greece, [1] conducted in various times, starting from 1828 at the end of the Greek War of Independence.

  9. History of childhood - Wikipedia

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    In England and Scotland in 1788, two-thirds of the workers in 143 water-powered cotton mills were described as children. [40] In 19th-century Great Britain, one-third of poor families were without a breadwinner, as a result of death or abandonment, obliging many children to work from a young age. [citation needed]