The Birth of a Nation-State — Season 1, Episode 1: Towards the Fall of Constantinople
Documentary • 50 min • 1 season, 14 episodes
Episode synopsis
1071. In Manzikert, part of modern Turkey, a new Muslim dynasty, the Seljuks, manages to dominate in a battle against the Byzantines - a historical event that marks the beginning of the end for the Byzantine Empire.
About The Birth of a Nation-State
Working for their master’s dissertation, two history students investigate life in Ottoman Greece. A docudrama series that presents the course of Hellenism over the four centuries of Ottoman rule.
More episodes from Season 1
- E2Sacred War
- E3Administration and Economy in Ottoman Greece
- E4Education and the Role of the Church
- E5Language and Culture
- E6Everyday Life in Ottoman Greece
- E7Pre-Revolutionary Movements
- E8Intellectuals’ Struggle & the Greek Diaspora
- E9The Way to Revolution
- E10The Greek Revolution (Part 1)
- E11The Greek Revolution (Part 2)
- E12Sea and Revolution
- E13Free Greece and Kapodistias