Greece's Borders Are Wrong
General Knowledge
Oct 2, 2026 17:00
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Are Greece’s modern borders an artificial compromise? For thousands of years, the core of Greek civilization was not Athens, it was Constantinople, Smyrna, and the Western Coast of Anatolia. In this video, we trace the rise and fall of the "Megali Idea". The dream of a Greece across two continents and five seas, and examine the military conflicts, diplomatic deals and even population exchanges that shrunk the modern Greek map when compared to that of Ancient and Byzantine Greece.
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