The Birth of a Nation-State — Season 1, Episode 2: Sacred War
Documentary • 50 min • 1 season, 14 episodes
Episode synopsis
Following a 53-day siege, Constantinople falls into the hands of the Ottomans on March 29, 1453. With the capital of the Byzantine Empire now taken, it’s only a matter of time before Greece is also conquered.
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
- E1Towards the Fall of Constantinople
- 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