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  2. Greek War of Independence - Wikipedia

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    The three major social groups that provided the leadership of the revolution were the primates (wealthy landowners who controlled about a third of the arable land in the Peloponnese), the captains drawn from the klephts and/or armatolos (klepts and armatolos tended to alternate), and the wealthy merchants, who were the most Westernised elements ...

  3. 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 .

  4. History of modern Greece - Wikipedia

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    During that decade, youth culture came to the fore in society as a distinct social power with autonomous presence (creation of a new culture in music, fashion etc.) and young people displayed dynamism in the assertion of their social rights. The independence granted to Cyprus, which was mined from the very beginning, constituted the main focus ...

  5. 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.

  6. Greek nationalism - Wikipedia

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    Greece personified as a woman, depicted with revolutionaries who participated in the Greek War of Independence. Eleftherios Venizelos , a prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement. The establishment of Panhellenic sites served as an essential component in the growth and self-consciousness of Greek nationalism. [ 2 ]

  7. Greece - Wikipedia

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    Other cultures and nations, such as the Latin and Frankish states, the Ottoman Empire, the Venetian Republic, the Genoese Republic, and the British Empire have left their influence on modern Greek culture, though historians credit the Greek War of Independence with revitalising Greece and giving birth to a single, cohesive entity of its ...

  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. 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 ...