Balkan Geography

The Oldest Map of America

29 July 2010

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From "The Oldest Map of America," by Professor Dr. Afet Inan. Ankara, 1954, pp. 28-34.

I. There is a kind of red dye called vakami, that you do not observe at first, because it is at a distance . . . the mountains contain rich ores. . . . There some of the sheep have silken wool.

II. This country is inhabited. The entire population goes naked.

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Intro to Geography of Balkan States

12 September 2009

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balkan004 Balkan States

Balkan States, or Balkans, the countries occupying the Balkan Peninsula in southern Europe. They consist of Albania, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, the European part of Turkey, Greece, and the Republic of Macedonia. Adjoining the peninsula are the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, and several arms of the Mediterranean, including the Aegean, Ionian, and Adriatic seas. The Balkans have an area of roughly 305,000 square miles (790,000 km2)-somewhat more than that of Texas.

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Historical maps of Balkans (527-1450)

18 July 2009

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Albania Opens Part of Highway Link to Kosovo

25 June 2009

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kosovo_highway Just days ahead of national elections, Albania inaugurated a part of a highway linking Kosovo to a sea port on Thursday.

The 60-kilometre stretch of the highway, which reportedly cost 1 billion euro to be constructed, was completed by the U.S.-Turkish consortium Bechtel-Enka. When the entire stretch of highway is completed, it will link the Albanian port of Durres with Prishtina, and shorten the trip between the two countries’ capitals from eight to three hours.