In 1821, not only is it the starting point of the nation-state, but it also leaves a legacy of heroic behavior models for the future. Over the two hundred years that separate us from then, the great event has become the idealized reading of the first history of the Greek state.

The pre-modern society we encounter in the early years of the Regeneration gradually transforms, thanks to the Diaspora, into a modern society. The path of transformation passes through the avenues of trade between the West and the East.

The significance of nationalism for political modernization is prominently displayed in the shaping of Greek society as it evolves from 1821 to 1831. During this decade, the pre-modern society, fragmented into families, factions, protection networks, and strong localism, acquires professional associations.

The prominent political figures on one hand and the armed groups (some bandits and the armed men of Roumeli) on the other contend for control of the emerging state. The local division will end with the selection of Ioannis Kapodistrias as the first Governor of Greece. Friends and enemies of the generally accepted leader of the Greeks will be divided on ideological grounds.

1. How did the Greeks of 1821 perceive the content of their Revolution?

2. Who were the armed fighters of the Struggle?

3. What did foreign travelers want in Greece?

4. What were the pre-modern characteristics of society in 1821 and those of modernity?

5. What changes occurred in the Greek peninsula during the first centuries of Ottoman rule?

6. What was the relationship of the Greeks of 1821 with antiquity?

7. How did the relations between the West and the East change over the four hundred years of Ottoman domination?

8. What is the significance of memoir works for understanding the Regeneration?

9. How is the suppression of the Revolution in the Peloponnese by Ibrahim explained?

10. What was the regime of the Ottomans?

11. What is the geostrategic significance of Greece?

12. What is the significance of the Enlightenment for the Greek Struggle?

13. What is the influence of foreign parties on Greek politics?

14. What is the significance of the National Assemblies for the Struggle?

15. Why did the first military successes lead the Greeks to discord?

16. What were the political conditions in the Ottoman territory on the eve of the Revolution?

17. What is the significance of the Church?

18. What was the role of the Philhellenes in the Struggle?

19. How were the two loans (1824-1825) of Independence carried out?

20. What were Greece's international relations (1821-1830)?

21. What details are we missing?