Is true that in1821, just before Greece was established as a country, its people did not speak Greek?
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010In 1829 when Greece became a state, for the first time, it was a small country covering the region of Morea, modern day Peloponnesus (Greece proper). The majority of people living in Morea at the time spoke Albanian, Turkish, Vlach and Slav. Athens itself, the cradle of the ancient civilization, was nothing more than an [...]