Greece

Modern Greece.

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    Struggle for Independence.

    Fought in the mountains and Aegean Islands, during Greece`s battle for independence from the Ottoman Empire, both sides commit atrocities. The battle parallels the cultural, historical, and religious aspects of David and Goliath with the Ottoman Empire symbolizes the exotic, suffocating force of Goliath. During one incidence, Greece, joined by other European powers (such as England who wanted control of the Persian Gulf), defeats the Turks at Navarino, a Greek port. That success was the turning

  • Independence.

    Independence.
    After years of conflict, Greece achieves independence.