Nations That Established Empires Throughout History 👇👇👇
1. Turks: 12 Empires (50 States)
2. Chinese: 6 Empires
3. Romans: 2 Empires
4. Germans: 2 Empires
5. Italians: 2 Empires
6. Arabs: 2 Empires
7. Persians (Iran): 2 Empires
8. Egyptians: 1 Empire
9. Mongols: 1 Empire
10. British: 1 Empire
11. Russians: 1 Empire
12. Spanish: 1 Empire
13. French: 1 Empire
14. Japanese: 1 Empire
15. Portuguese: 1 Empire
16. Austrians: 1 Empire
17. Greeks: 0 Empires
When we look at approximately 2,176 years of Greek history, we can see that Greece spent long periods under the rule of various empires and states.
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146 BC – 395 AD
Roman Empire
~541 years
395 – 1204
Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire)
~809 years
1204 – 1261
Latin Empire and various Crusader states
~57 years
1261 – 1430
Eastern Roman Empire
~169 years
1430 – 1920
Ottoman Empire
~490 years
1941–1944
German Occupation
~3.5 years
You Greeks lived under the rule of other states and empires for more than 2,074 years. Rather than being an independent sovereign state, for most of your history you essentially existed as a province under foreign rule, and until 1920 you lived under our rule for 490 years.
When we said that these lands have belonged to the Turks for thousands of years, we were not speaking without evidence. Today, some of these claims are beginning to be supported by scientific findings. During metro excavations in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, 5,500-year-old kurgan-type burial mounds associated with Turkic steppe traditions were discovered. Turks existed 5,500 years ago. This is also mentioned in Chinese written sources. However, 5,500 years ago, there was no Greece.
The real question is this:
How did you Greeks manage to remain Greek after living under the rule of other nations for more than 2,070 years? (And I am not even including the earlier periods of Persian domination.)
More than half of the Greek population is of Karaman Turk origin. Look it up. If that is the case, what is the likelihood that the remaining 5–6 million people are ethnically Greek?