An initiative of two Greeks is going to make it easier to learn and remember historic milestone events of the 1821 Greek struggle for liberty against the Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
It is difficult sometimes to remember details about places and historic figures involved, especially when so many things took place during the 1821 Greek Revolution.
Battles, agreements, diplomatic background, sequence of events in the minds of many people seem like an puzzle. But everything falls into place and makes sense, with a click on the online map “Greek Revolution 1821”.
“Last year, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Revolution of 1821, I started looking for information to add to the dusty memories of the school years. So I found the historical events of that period and recorded them on paper in chronological order. At the same time, I was inspired by a youtube channel that deals with important historical figures and in the end each video shows on a map the places where they acted and I decided to do the same”, says the creator of the internet map Christos Agathopoulos.
While collecting the historical facts, he realized that their volume is very large and turned to a friend of his, Harry Vadivoulis, to help him. “We shared what I had collected up to that moment, he also found enough material, and then we divided the dates that everyone was responsible for ‘pinning’ them on the map”, explains Mr. Agathopoulos.
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The map was created in the form of Google Maps. On the left is a memo that explains what each of the fifteen symbols the user encounters means.
One icon means that a battle took place and the Greeks won, another that the battle was won by the Ottomans, another symbolizes massacres and looting, another indicates the uprising of an area and another the signing of a treaty or decree.
“Below the memo, one can see the events in chronological order. Clicking on the event will show him where it happened on the map, he will read a short description, while if he wants to learn more, he can open the source we quote”, explains the 25-year-old creator.
The two friends met at the University of Thessaly where they studied. The fact that today they are separated by many kilometers, did not stand in the way of their cooperation, which was cultivated due to their common love for history.
