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As far as I understand there were several Greek rebellions in the Ottoman Empire. The rebellion that started in 1821 was at last successful. The basic objective of the rebellion was a revival of the Byzantine Empire, with Constantinople as the capital, not the formation of a national state. In other words, the Greeks wanted to seize control
of the Ottoman Empire. What if the Greeks had succeeded reestablishing the Byzantine Empire? What would this have implied for the system of alliances the following century? It seems likely that the Greeks would have become allied with the Russian Empire, as they both were Orthodox. This would likely have influenced the other European countries choice of alliance partners. It would probably also meant that the Habsburgs would have faced more problems on the Balkan. What do you think?