Before the first crusade began, a strange hermit riding a donkey convinced tens of thousands of peasants to leave their miserable lives to travel to the Holy Land and free Jerusalem from the Turks. There is only one problem... this is an army of unruly peasants.
The History of Modern Greece Podcast covers the Greek people's events from the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the Greek War of Independence in 1821-1832, through to the Greco-Turkish War from 1919 to 1922 to the present day.
Website: www.moderngreecepodcast.com
Music by Mark Jungerman: www.marcjungermann.com
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