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When the Turks Invaded Mykonos
It was October 11, 1822, in the second year of Greece's War of Independence, when the Ottomans, attempting to invade the island of Mykonos, were...
The Heroines of the Greek War of Independence
The role that Greek women played in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire is not to be overlooked, as they helped shape...
The 10+1 Most Important Figures of Greek Independence
The Greek Revolution of 1821 was Greece's epic struggle for independence. Greek people had been enslaved for many centuries and the revolution was one...
Women of the 1821 Greek Revolution
The participation of women in the Greek Revolution was not always as mere moral support for the men in the bloody business of fighting Turks....
