tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33207397180490029432024-02-19T13:36:24.237+02:00Romania Simply AmazingRomania simply amazinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913080746799744159noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320739718049002943.post-58351732262897100592009-10-25T16:20:00.000+02:002009-10-25T16:20:09.091+02:00Ana AslanThe Romanian School of Gerontology was the first in the world to: <br />
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• found the first Institute of Geriatrics in the world (on January 22 1952), which has gerontology research and third-age medical assistance as its main object of activity.<br />
• channel its researches on three directions: clinical, experimental and social researches, which structure is nowadays recommended by WHO (Kiev, 1963) as a model for similar institutions. <br />
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• Devise a medicine to b efficient for the prevention of the aging process and for the therapy of third-age pathological situations - which is the Gerovital H3. <br />
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• devise a therapeutic strategy to prevent and treat aging. <br />
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• organize a national health network for the prevention of aging. <br />
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The Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics was founded in 1952 as the first institution of this kind by Decision of the Ministerial Cabinet. In 1974 it became a National Institute and in 1974 it took the name of "Ana Aslan". From its beginnings the Institute was led by Prof. Acad. Ana Aslan M.D.<br />
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until 1988. It has had medical geriatric assistance and social gerontology research as main activities. The Institute was commended in 1964 as a model of geriatric institution by WHO.<br />
The Institute was extended in 1974 by a new clinic of outstanding interior and large spaces, located in Otopeni town on an area of 32 ha.<br />
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The Institute Headquarter building located on Caldarusani Street Nr.9, Bucharest, is a national architectural patrimony building. It was designed by architect Ion Mincu and it has ceramic decorations in Romanian style.<br />
The first medicine designed to delay human aging was developed between 1946 and 1956 as the result of various clinical and experimental researches by Prof. Ana Aslan and her followers. These results were presented within a work called "Novocain- eutrophic and antiaging factor", published in 1955 together with Prof. C. I. Parhon. One year later, in 1956, "Gerovital" is introduced to international medicine world at the Congress Therapiewoche in Karlsruhe, and then at the Congress on Gerontology in Basel.<br />
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International awards - Meritto della Republica Italiana, Knight of the New Europe - Italy, Knight of Maltese Order - France, Commander of Orange Nassau Order - Holland, Dame of Collar of the Saint Graal - France, Citizenship International Award - Philippines, The Prize and the Medal Léon Bernard awarded by WHO for exceptional contributions in the field of social medicine and geriatrics, the Prize of Foundation Franzheim from Franzheim Buckminster Fuller Synergy Trust, which is awarded for scientific activity on public health - the above awards are only a few of the international recognitions of her prodigious activity to serve human health. <br />
Ana Aslan (1897-1988, born in Braila) <br />
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</div>studied at the Faculty of Medicine in Bucharest (1915-1922). She was professor of Cardiology at the Faculty of Medicine in Timisoara (1945-1949). Between 1949 and 1952 she was head of department at the Institute of Endocrinology in Bucharest. Starting in 1952 she became General Director of the Institute of Geriatrics. As one of the pioneering scientists in the world on medical gerontology, Ana Aslan focused also on social gerontology. Ana Aslan proposed systematic countermeasures in order to create a system to stimulate third-age people's activities. Ana Aslan became aware of the long-term biotrophic action of Procaine and introduced it as a medicine to be taken in small quantity on long terms, for curing and prophylactic benefits. The Gerovital H3 is the first Romanian original biotrophic product and also the first medicine designed to delay human aging processes. It was developed between 1946 and 1956 by Prof. Ana Aslan and her followers, as a result of numerous clinical and experimental studies.<br />
The results of this study are presented within the work Novocaine - eutrophic and antiaging factor, published in 1955 in collaboration with Prof. C. I. Parhon. Prof. Ana Aslan's theory was received with skepticism, but it proved its correctness in the years that followed. Her work together with pharmacist Elena Polovrageanu resulted in Gerovital H3, which is a gerontologic medicine designed to reduce aging processes at molecular level and consequently reduce third-age chronic and degenerative diseases. Gerovital was introduced to the international medicine world at The Congress Therapiewoche in Karlsruhe, and then at The European Congress of Gerontology in Basel.<br />
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From that point, Romanian researches in this field gained international recognition. Tests and comparisons with other similar medicine in the world began. <br />
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In 1960 Prof. Ana Aslan started to develop a new product, which apart procaine contained Aslavital, an activating and antiatherogenous factor.<br />
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34 years later, in 1985, Prof. Ana Aslan published in "Romanian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics" her work "Techniques and effects of Gerovital H3 treatment--after 34 years of use". This work is a synthesis of the research made by Prof. Ana Aslan and her followers during this period and points out to the studies made in other countries that confirmed the superiority of the Romanian product on other similar products. <br />
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The clinical characteristics of the treatment by procaine on third-age patients are mainly the reduction of depression and anxiety, improvement of the will to live, growth of physical and intellectual capability (especially memory, auditory, visual and olfactive apparata, improvement of the aspect of skin and hair), the reduction of senile specks and keratosis, growth of muscular tonus and articulation mobility, growth and repigmenting of hair, normalization of arterial pressure. <br />
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All these clinical observations have been verified by experience. Gerovital was certified to have a stimulatory action on liver regeneration, gastric mucus membrane and bone marrow, and also on the regeneration of striated muscles and peripheral nerves. Gerovital H3 also produces physiologic and morphologic regeneration of striated muscles and peripheral nerves. Studies on nervous dystrophy demonstrated the superior efficiency when the treatment is applied before dystrophy takes place, which fact proves Gerovital H3 efficient to use for prevention purposes. <br />
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Using Gerovital H3 on prevention purposes was the basis of the researches on which Ana Aslan proceeded in the field of Social Gerontology. Within the Institute of Geriatrics, a section with a field of activity on medical, social, economic, psychological, demographical, ecological and cultural aspects of the aging process was founded. The geronto-prophylaxis activity was developed at national level and allowed the development of multidisciplinary researches (medicine, psychology, sociology, economy, etc.) <br />
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The study of human longevity, intergenerational study with regard to the social image of the aged people, the study of demographical aging are only a few aspects that showed the increasing need for fundamental and applied researches of social gerontology. On this basis, The National Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology devised in 1997 the National Program for medical and social assistance of aged population in Romania <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The results of the researches performed by the group of medics and researchers under the lead of Prof. Ana Aslan were published in journals of international recognition ( Therapeutische Umschau, Revue Française de Gérontologie, Journal of Gerontology, Journal of Pharmacological Experimental Therapy) and also were the object of presentations to international scientific events( Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Aging, Miami, USA 4th International Symposium of Basic Research in Gerontology in Varnerg, Sweden , 10th International Congress of Gerontology, Jerusalem, Israel the 6th International Congress of Gerontology Denmark, Copenhagen the 11th International Congress of Gerontology Tokyo, Japan) Some results appeared as treatises published at well-known publishers from abroad ( Columbia University Press - New York, Editorial NBP - Buenos Aires, Consultants Bureau Inc. - New York ). <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The enormous work of Prof. Ana Aslan as a physician as a researcher, as of her group under her leadership, was unanimously appreciated on international level and was also recognized as an incontestable priority for Romania.<br />
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</div>World Health Organization, The Academy of Sciences in New York, Academia Tiberina - Italy, The Global Union for Prophylactic Medicine and Social Hygiene - Austria The Global Council for Urgency Problems - Holland, The American Society of Gerontology, The Confederation of the Societies of Gerontology from the Latin countries - Spain, are only a few of the prestigious global organizations in which Prof. Ana Aslan took part as a member.<br />
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</div>Romania simply amazinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913080746799744159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320739718049002943.post-29164629825002526652009-09-17T20:19:00.001+03:002009-09-17T20:22:46.465+03:00History II: Romania in the Middle Ages<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>After the Roman army and administration left </b></span></span><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Dacia</b></span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, the territory was invaded by the</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths" title="Goths"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Goths</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, then, in the 4th century by</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns" title="Huns"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Huns</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>.</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>They were followed by more nomads including</b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gepids" title="Gepids"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Gepids</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>,</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Avars" title="Eurasian Avars"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Avars</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>,</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgars" title="Bulgars"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Bulgars</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>,</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pechenegs" title="Pechenegs"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Pechenegs</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>,</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>and</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumans" title="Cumans"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Cumans</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>.</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>In the</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Middle Ages</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, Romanians lived in three distinct principalities:</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachia" title="Wallachia"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Wallachia</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>(</b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Romanian</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>:</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><i><span lang="RO"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Ţara Românească</b></span></span></span></i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>—"Romanian Land"),</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldavia" title="Moldavia"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Moldavia</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>(</b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Romanian</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>:</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><i><span lang="RO"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Moldova</b></span></span></span></i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>) and</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transylvania" title="Transylvania"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Transylvania</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>. By the 11th century, Transylvania became a largely autonomous part of the</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary" title="Kingdom of Hungary"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Kingdom of Hungary</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, and became independent as the</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Transylvania" title="Principality of Transylvania"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Principality of Transylvania</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>from the 16th century, until 1711.</b></span></span><sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania#cite_note-38#cite_note-38"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>]</b></span></span></span></a></sup><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>In the other</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_principalities" title="Romanian principalities"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Romanian principalities</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, many small local states with varying degrees of independence developed, but only in the 14th century the larger principalities Wallachia (1310) and Moldavia (around 1352) emerged to fight a threat of the</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Ottoman Empire</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>.</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_III_the_Impaler" title="Vlad III the Impaler"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Vlad III the Impaler</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>maintained an independent policy in relation to the </b></span></span><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Ottoman Empire</b></span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, and, in 1462, defeated</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II" title="Mehmed II"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Mehmed II</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>'s offensive during</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Attack" title="The Night Attack"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>The Night Attack</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>.</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: normal; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/datjh2EArVU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/datjh2EArVU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></b></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>By 1541, the entire</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_peninsula" title="Balkan peninsula"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Balkan peninsula</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>and most of</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Hungary</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>became Ottoman provinces. In contrast, </b></span></span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Moldavia</b></span></span></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, Wallachia, and </b></span></span><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Transylvania</b></span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, came under Ottoman</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzerainty" title="Suzerainty"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>suzerainty</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, but conserved fully internal autonomy and, until the 18th century, some external independence. During this period the Romanian lands were characterised by the slow disappearance of the</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism" title="Feudalism"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>feudal</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>system; the distinguishment of some rulers like</b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_III_of_Moldavia" title="Stephen III of Moldavia"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Stephen the Great</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>,</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasile_Lupu" title="Vasile Lupu"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Vasile Lupu</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, and</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitrie_Cantemir" title="Dimitrie Cantemir"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Dimitrie Cantemir</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>in Moldavia,</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matei_Basarab" title="Matei Basarab"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Matei Basarab</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>,</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_III_the_Impaler" title="Vlad III the Impaler"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Vlad III the Impaler</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, and</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin_Br%C3%A2ncoveanu" title="Constantin Brâncoveanu"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Constantin Brâncoveanu</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>in Wallachia,</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Bethlen" title="Gabriel Bethlen"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Gabriel Bethlen</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>in</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Transylvania" title="Principality of Transylvania"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Transylvania</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>; the</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phanariot" title="Phanariot"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Phanariot Epoch</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>; and the appearance of the</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Russian Empire</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>as a political and military influence.</b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: normal; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1MLZtkGyeMw&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1MLZtkGyeMw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></b></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: normal; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aS34Y5jVW1M&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aS34Y5jVW1M&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></b></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>In 1600, the principalities of Wallachia, Moldova and Transylvania were simultaneously headed by the</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Wallachia" title="Prince of Wallachia"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Wallachian prince</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihai_Viteazul" title="Mihai Viteazul"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Michael the Brave</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>(</b></span></span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Mihai Viteazul</b></span></span></i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>),</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_(title)" title="Ban (title)"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Ban</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>of</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oltenia" title="Oltenia"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Oltenia</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, but the chance for a unity dissolved after Mihai was killed, only one year later, by the soldiers of an</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_Monarchy" title="Habsburg Monarchy"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Austrian</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>army general</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Basta" title="Giorgio Basta"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Giorgio Basta</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>. Mihai Viteazul, who was prince of Transylvania for less than one year, intended for the first time to unite the three principalities and to lay down foundations of a single state in a territory comparable to today's </b></span></span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Romania</b></span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>.</b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: normal; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sDusrlcCFyg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sDusrlcCFyg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></b></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>After his death, as vassal tributary states,</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Moldova</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>and</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachia" title="Wallachia"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Wallachia</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>had complete internal autonomy and an external independence, which was finally lost in the 18th century. In 1699, </b></span></span><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Transylvania</b></span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> became a territory of the</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_Monarchy" title="Habsburg Monarchy"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Habsburgs'</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Austrian empire, following the Austrian victory over the Turks in the</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Turkish_War" title="Great Turkish War"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Great Turkish War</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>. The Austrians, in their turn, rapidly expanded their empire: in 1718 an important part of </b></span></span><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Wallachia</b></span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, called</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oltenia" title="Oltenia"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Oltenia</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, was incorporated to the Austrian monarchy and was only returned in 1739. In 1775, the Austrian empire occupied the north-western part of </b></span></span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Moldavia</b></span></span></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, later called</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukovina" title="Bukovina"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Bukovina</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>, while the eastern half of the principality (called</b></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessarabia" title="Bessarabia"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Bessarabia</b></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>) was occupied in 1812 by </b></span></span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Russia</b></span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>.</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1MTbZUqgDj8&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1MTbZUqgDj8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></b></span></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/St_7elQuVEA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/St_7elQuVEA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></b></span></span></span></div></span></span>Romania simply amazinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913080746799744159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320739718049002943.post-28766712311104903892009-09-08T17:55:00.002+03:002009-09-17T19:41:56.909+03:00History Of Romania I: Prehistory and Antiquity; The Dacian kingdom<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><b><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The oldest modern human remains in Europe were discovered in the "</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cave With Bones</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" in present day </span></span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Romania</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The remains are approximately 42,000 years old and as </span></span><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Europe</span></span></st1:place><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">’s oldest remains of</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Homo sapiens</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, they may represent the first such people to have entered the continent.</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-19"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></sup><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But the earliest written evidence of people living in the territory of the present-day </span></span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Romania</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> comes from</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Herodotus</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">in book IV of his</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Histories (Herodotus)</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">written 440 BCE, where he writes about the</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Getae</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">tribes.</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8I9YrpdwCvOOQWfkqzbeUZKcLD8nFV-M5y_iAOJS_OL0qi3kjW4apzHDqRQKJI83xdbdNclhVngyOIPifGNL-axDfQiOBxHaNGM4Arvltluvbzkhm9_7g0pqyQSDUWh70OjaxBnK17dS/s1600-h/pestera+cu+oase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8I9YrpdwCvOOQWfkqzbeUZKcLD8nFV-M5y_iAOJS_OL0qi3kjW4apzHDqRQKJI83xdbdNclhVngyOIPifGNL-axDfQiOBxHaNGM4Arvltluvbzkhm9_7g0pqyQSDUWh70OjaxBnK17dS/s320/pestera+cu+oase.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </b></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k0faSMzpTXE&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k0faSMzpTXE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dacians</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, considered a part of these Getae, were a branch of</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Thracians</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">that inhabited</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dacia</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(corresponding to modern </span></span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Romania</span></span></st1:country-region><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">,</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Moldova</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and northern</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bulgaria</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">). The</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dacian kingdom </span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">reached its maximum expansion during King</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Burebista</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, around 82 BC, and soon came under the scrutiny of the neighboring</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Roman Empire</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. After an attack by the Dacians on the</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_province" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial;" title="Roman province"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Roman province</span></span></span></a><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">of</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moesia" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial;" title="Moesia"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Moesia</span></span></span></a><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">in 87 AD, the Romans led a series of wars (</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dacian Wars</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">) which eventually led to the victory of Emperor</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Trajan</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">in 106 AD, and transformed the core of the kingdom into the province of</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Roman Dacia</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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</span> </b></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><b><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Rich ore deposits were found in the province, and especially gold and silver were plentiful. Which led to </span></span><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Rome</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> heavily colonizing the province.</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This brought the</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Vulgar Latin</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and started a period of intense</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">romanization</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, that would give birth to the proto-</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Romanian</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-24"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></sup><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nevertheless, in the 3rd century AD, with the invasions of migratory populations such as</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Goths</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, the</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Roman Empire</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">was forced to pull out of </span></span><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dacia</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> around 271 AD, thus making it the first province to be abandoned. </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </b></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vp8gLvApAdk&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vp8gLvApAdk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><b><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Several competing theories have been generated to explain the</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">origin of modern Romanians</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. Linguistic and geo-historical analysis tend to indicate that</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Romanians</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">have coalesced as a major ethnic group both South and North of the</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Danube</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></span></span>Romania simply amazinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913080746799744159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320739718049002943.post-48573676279651545502009-08-31T08:10:00.005+03:002009-08-31T08:40:16.640+03:00Some general informations about Romania...<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10Vcc6ASpFLjRABPPCMDNMAjZZ_h9EePlrwQyOZvuDo7SNuvmWfTzX6s4iBHdJkRyLs2Oux0SXMTCMk_WCdDK_Rna1_5YzAm-tVviG7Ptv766lIb_25mjPqNKVLeQIL5jfZN7-v527fpv/s1600-h/romania1+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10Vcc6ASpFLjRABPPCMDNMAjZZ_h9EePlrwQyOZvuDo7SNuvmWfTzX6s4iBHdJkRyLs2Oux0SXMTCMk_WCdDK_Rna1_5YzAm-tVviG7Ptv766lIb_25mjPqNKVLeQIL5jfZN7-v527fpv/s320/romania1+(1).jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px;"><b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: yellow;">Romania</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: yellow;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: yellow;">is a country located in </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Southeastern</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> </span><span style="color: yellow;">and</span><span style="color: yellow;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Central Europe</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">, North of the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Balkan Peninsula</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">, on the Lower </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Danube</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">, within and outside the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Carpathian arch</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">, bordering on the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Black Sea</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">. Almost all of the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Danube Delta</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> is located within its territory. It shares a border with </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Hungary</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> and </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Serbia</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> to the west, </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Ukraine</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> and the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Republic of Moldova</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> to the northeast, and </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Bulgaria</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> to the south.</span><span style="color: yellow;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: yellow;">The territory's recorded history includes periods of rule by </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Dacians</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">, the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Roman Empire</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">, the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Bulgarian empire</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">, the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Kingdom of Hungary</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">, and the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Ottoman Empire</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">. As a nation-state, the country was formed by the merging of </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Moldavia</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> and </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Wallachia</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> in 1859 and it gained recognition of its </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">independence</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> in </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">1878</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">. Later, in 1918, they were joined by </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Transylvania</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">, </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Bukovina</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> and </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Bassarabia</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">. At the end of </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">World War II</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">, parts of its territories (roughly the present day </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Moldova</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">) were occupied by the </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style="color: yellow;">USSR</span></st1:country-region><span style="color: yellow;"> and </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style="color: yellow;">Romania</span></st1:country-region><span style="color: yellow;"> became a member of the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Warsaw Pact</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">. With the fall of the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Iron Curtain</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> in </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">1989</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: yellow;">Romania</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: yellow;"> started a series of political and economic reforms.</span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: yellow;">After a decade of post-revolution economic problems, </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: yellow;">Romania</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: yellow;"> made economic reforms such as low </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">flat tax</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> rates in 2005 and </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">joined the European Union </span></span><span style="color: yellow;">on January 1, 2007. While </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: yellow;">Romania</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: yellow;">'s income level remains one of the lowest in the European Union, reforms have increased the growth speed. </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: yellow;">Romania</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: yellow;"> is now an upper-middle income country economy.</span><span style="color: yellow;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: yellow;">Romania has the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">9th largest territory</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> and the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">7th largest population</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> (with 21.5 million people)</span><sup id="cite_ref-population_3-0"><span style="color: yellow;"> </span></sup><span style="color: yellow;">among the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">European Union member states</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">. Its capital and largest city is </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Bucharest</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">6th largest city in the EU</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> with 1.9 million people. In 2007, </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Sibiu</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">, a city in </span><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: yellow;">Transylvania</span></st1:place><span style="color: yellow;">, was chosen as a </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">European Capital of Culture</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">.</span><sup id="cite_ref-4"><span style="color: yellow;"> </span></sup><span style="color: yellow;">Romania also joined </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">NATO</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> on March 29, 2004, and is also a member of the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Latin Union</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">, of the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">Francophonie</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> of the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">OSCE</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> and an associate member of the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">CPLP</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">. </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: yellow;">Romania</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: yellow;"> is a </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">semi-presidential</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: yellow;">unitary state</span></span><span style="color: yellow;">.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div>Romania simply amazinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913080746799744159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320739718049002943.post-38545182901255718152009-08-25T19:37:00.000+03:002009-08-25T19:37:11.818+03:00A World Without Romania<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GXGGTHVJK6k&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GXGGTHVJK6k&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span>Romania simply amazinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913080746799744159noreply@blogger.com0