(i) Greece had been a part of the Ottoman Empire since the fifteenth century.
(ii) The growth of revolutionary nationalism in Europe sparked *** a struggle for independence among the people of Greece. It began in 1821.
(iii) Nationalists in Greece got support from other Greeks living in exile and also from several West Europeans who had soft corners for the ancient Greek culture.
(iv) Poets and artists lauded Greece as the cradle of **** civilization and mobilised public opinion to support its struggle against the Ottoman Empire.
(v) Finally, with the Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 Greece became an independent nation.
