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Turkey's leaders are taking a break from enabling #Russia against #NATO and ethnic cleansing Syria’s #Kurds to launch absurd claims and empty threats against Greek islands. We take a look at the painful history of Turkish rule on one of them: a thread on #Chios from #theHELC 1/10 
The history of the Greeks in Chios goes back more than 3,000 years reaching to #Minoan and #Mycenaean times. Chios is the most likely birthplace of #Homer and had its own coins and democratic parliament by 600 BC. Its famous wine was exported from the Black Sea to #Egypt 2/10
The islanders sided with Athens and then #Alexander the Great against Persia and continued to prosper under first the #Roman and then the Eastern Roman (#Byzantine) Empire. The famous #mosaics of Nea Moni monastery are considered a masterpiece of Byzantine art 3/10
Greek revolution inspired many artists, Greeks, Europeans and others. This thread will show some of their art
#GreekIndependenceDay #GreekRevolution #Greece1821 #Greece200years
Lets start with a Greek one, Theodoros Vryzakis and his painting The Grateful Hellas
#GreekIndependenceDay #GreekRevolution #Greece1821 #Greece200years
Lets start with a Greek one, Theodoros Vryzakis and his painting The Grateful Hellas
Left: The Legend of Hagia Lavra
Right: The Camp of Georgios Karaiskakis
Right: The Camp of Georgios Karaiskakis
Left:The Sortie Of Messolonghi
Right: The Guard
Right: The Guard
