Philosophy, art, democracy, language and even computers - many of our achievements originate in Greek civilization. As you know, both the empire of Alexander the Great and the Roman Empire were essentially Greek. Renaissance figures and philosophers of the European Enlightenment turned to the Greeks for inspiration. Following a clear chronology, James Henage briefly paints the history of Greece in broad strokes. The first part of the book is devoted to the period from antiquity to 1453 - this time the author calls “ruling half the world.” In 1453, Greece lost its independence and became part of the Ottoman Empire, so the second part covers a period of almost four hundred years, which the author calls the nation's "longest sleep." 1830, the year of complete awakening from this “sleep,” became the date of the proclamation and final recognition of the independence of the Kingdom of Greece. The third part describes the history of modern Greece up to 1949 (the reign of Otto, George I, the Russian Revolution and Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the Greek Civil War). The fourth part covers events from 1949 to 2020. The result is a concise and informative chronicle of the historical path of the Greeks, more than three thousand years long.