Ten greatest Greek kingdoms and empires: from Alexander the Great, Ptolemy, Byzantium, Trebizond

In my new book, I explore 36 Hellenic kingdoms, territories, empires and a fiefdom to demonstrate the extent of the Greek world. From Pyrrhus to Cyprus covers the period following the end of the Alexandrian empire to the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453. Added to the mix are a number of independent Greek…

Greek speakers of Jordan: Ramadan and a Greek spirit

As I was planning my trip to Jordan, a representative of the Greek Youth innocently pointed out, “you do realise its Ramadan here in Jordan!” I had of course completely and utterly forgotten it was Ramadan.