How did the Greek war of independence mobilise Nationalist feeling among the educated Elite across Europe ?5 points
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(i) Greece had been a part of the Ottoman Empire since the 15th Century.
(ii) Struggle for independence began in 1821.
(iii) Greece got support from Greeks living in exile and West-Europeans who had sympathies for ancient Greek culture.
(iv) Poets and artists lauded Greece as the cradle of European civilization and mobilized public opinion to support its fight against Muslim Empire.
(v) The English Poet-Lord Byron, organized funds, fought in a war and died of fever in 1824.
(vi) The Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 recognized Greece as an independent nation.
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The Greek War of Independence mobilised nationalist feelings among educated elite across Europe.
This was a successful war of independence waged by Greek revolutionaries between 1821 and 1829 against the Ottoman Empire.
Following years of negotiation, three Great Powers—Russia, Britain and France—decided to intervene in the conflict and each nation sent a navy to Greece.
The Greeks were supported by the West European countries, while poets and artists hailed Greece as the cradle of European civilisation and mobilised the public opinion to support its struggle against a Muslim empire. Finally, the Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 recognised Greece as an independent nation.
The Greek Revolution is celebrated by the modern Greek state as a national day on 25 March.