Western Civilization II / Unit 10 WC2 0924 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Greek Independence and the Sick Man of Europe
Captions available
The idea
Greeks rose against the Ottomans in eighteen twenty-one, and Europeans who would crush a revolt anywhere else flocked to Greece as Europe's birthplace; a British, French and Russian fleet sank the Ottoman fleet in eighteen twenty-seven. Greece was independent by eighteen thirty, the witness's date.
In practice
Cultural bias beat conservative principle, the anchor says.
Where people slip
The anchor's eighteen thirty-three is recorded.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it