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Balkans (15425 bytes)
1: ...ries|Definitions and boundaries]] section below). The region has a combined area of [[1 E11 mē|550,000 ...
3: ...cribed as being in the Balkans. The boundaries of the region are somewhat elastic, so Romania and Slove...
5: ...ntre of [[Bulgaria]] into eastern [[Serbia]], and the term 'Balkan' itself might come from an ancient [...
7: [[Image:SEEurope-small.jpg|frame|right|Southeastern Europe seen from NASA's Terra Satellite]]
11: ...en regarded as Balkan due to its association with the former [[Yugoslavia]].

History of the Balkans (1526 bytes)
1: This page is about the '''history of the [[Balkans]]'''.
7: ... using the advantage of more advanced weapons and the use of horses.
9: ...800 BC]], meeting a non-Indo-European people whom they called [[Pelasgians]].
11: ... the Balkans, only to decline with the arrival of the [[Dorian]] Greeks around [[1100 BC]] (see: [[Gree...
13: ...in the [[Balkans]] and the [[Phrygians]] continue their migration to settle in [[Asia Minor]].

Balkans Campaign (1744 bytes)
1: ...[Yugoslavia]], [[Albania]], and [[Greece]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]].
4: ...resident]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] dismissed a plan by the European powers to divide Albania amongst its nei...
6: ...oops occupied Albania, overthrew Zog, and annexed the country.
20: ...pe/southern-europe-index-1940.htm Timeline of the Balkans Campaign]
21: ...o Online Newspaper Archives - The Invasion of the Balkans: Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete, 1940-1941]

The Balkans in classical antiquity (1518 bytes)
1: ...ovince of Dacia was Rome's only foothold north of the [[Danube]] river.
3: ...mission to take shelter from their foes the Huns, then later as invaders.
5: ...seeking the best advantage for their peoples amid the shifting and disorderly final decades of Roman im...
8: *[[Attila the Hun]]
12: [[Category:Ancient Roman provinces|Balkans]]

Old European cultures (699 bytes)
1: ...ared in Europe, particularly in the [[Balkans]]. These are known collectively as '''Old European cultu...
16: ...harsova/en/index.html culture.gouv.fr: Life along the Danube 6500 years ago]
17: ...story/balkans-map/4kBC.htm Map of the cultures of Balkans - 4000 BC]

Orange Crush (novel) (765 bytes)
1: ... - spoof of the politics of [[Florida]] and the [[Balkans]].
5: ...has a change of heart when, he is shipped off the Balkans after [[Serbia]] invades [[Kosovo]]. Coming back,...
7: The book does feature Serge Storms, but only in a sma...

Ceca (846 bytes)
1: ...he Intercontinental hotel in [[Belgrade]]. During the summer of [[2002]] she performed in Marakana stad...
7: ...]] - [http://www.ceca.de Ceca, the Madonna of the Balkans]

Jirecek Line (892 bytes)
1: [[Image:Bgiusca_Jirecek_Line.jpg|thumb|300px|The Jireček Line]]
2: ...]) and then following the [[Balkan Mountains]] to the [[Black Sea]].
4: ...considered unlikely that a Latin people formed on the south of it.
6: ...tantin Jireček]] in [[1911]] in a history of the Slavic people.
9: [[Category:Balkans]]

Balkan languages (1283 bytes)
1: ...h the exception of Turkish, all of them belong to the Indo-European family.
9: *[[Italian language|Italian]] (on the Adriatic coast)
29: ...[extinct languages]] that were once spoken in the Balkans
42: [[Category:Balkans|Languages]]

PHARE (1104 bytes)
1: ...oland and Hungary Assistance for Restructuring of their Economies".
3: ...s well as [[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]], assisting them in a period of massive economic restructuring an...
5: ...the Balkans) has provided financial assistance to these countries.

Balkan League (186 bytes)
1: ...[Bulgaria]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]] during the [[Balkan Wars]].
3: [[Category:Balkans]]

Slavic Orthodox (232 bytes)
1: ...nise it as it will tell the truth to the Balkans, the Macedonian Nation and Macedonian Saint like Kiril...

Adsullata (220 bytes)
1: ...ess, associated with the River [[Savus]] in the [[Balkans]].

Serbo-Bulgarian War (2048 bytes)
1: ... time from the other end of the country to defend the capital.
2: ...f the Bulgarian army didn't retreat it would join the conflict.
4: ...Bulgaria, built during their common fight against the Ottoman rule, suffered irreparable damage.

Goran Bregovic (1353 bytes)
1: ...e most recognizable modern [[composer]]s of the [[Balkans]].
3: ...of the most popular groups of East Europe between the late [[1970s]] and mid [[1980s]].
5: ...ar music with traditional polyphonic music of the Balkans, tango and brass bands.

Historical regions of the Balkan Peninsula (1879 bytes)
1: ...day states control the whole or a part of each of the listed regions.
7: ...iv style="float:right;padding:10px;">[[Image:Hist-balkans.jpg]]</div>
28: * [[Thessaly]] (G)
33: For more historial and present-day regions in the Balkan countries see:
49: [[Category:Balkans|Historical regions]]

RAF Balkan Air Force (1448 bytes)
1: ...my|Eighth Army]], thus making operations over the Balkans a distraction.
3: ... agents to help them, and provided air support in their operations against German troops.
5: ...F units were out of Yugoslavia very shortly after the war in Europe ended. It was disbanded on 15 July ...

Medusa (1815 bytes)
1: ...dusa]] was a [[gorgon]] from [[Greek mythology]], the sight of whom turned people to stone.
2: ...nd broadened, sometimes greatly, in contrast with the [[hydroid]] or [[polyp]].
3: *The [[France|French]] ship ''[[The Raft of the Medusa|Medusa]]'' that sank off [[Senegal]] in [[...
4: *[[Medusa (comics)|Medusa]] is a [[superhero]] in the [[Marvel Universe]].
7: ...g.com/ Medusa Bag]) They are so called because of their likeness to jellyfish. (See above)

Sixteenth Air Force (339 bytes)
1: ...nal air force for USAF combat operations in the [[Balkans]] since its move to Aviano AB, Italy, in 1992.

Carl Bildt (1465 bytes)
2: ...([[1991]]&ndash;[[1994]]), and a former leader of the Swedish [[liberal]]-[[conservative]] [[Moderata s...
4: ... [[UN]] Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Balkans. In [[1999]] he was also succeeded as party leade...

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