Encyclopedia > > Balkan Peninsula > > Balkan Peninsula, southeasternmost peninsula of Europe, c.200,000 sq mi > (518,000 sq km), bounded by the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, > Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea, and Adriatic Sea. Although there is no > sharp physiographic separation between the peninsula and Central Europe, > the line of the Sava and Danube rivers is commonly considered as the > region's northern limit. The Balkan Peninsula therefore includes most of > Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Hercegovina, > Albania, Macedonia, continental Greece (including the Peloponnesus), > Bulgaria, European Turkey, and SE Romania. These countries, successors to > the Ottoman Empire, are called the Balkan States. Historically and > politically the region extends north of this line to include all of > Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Romania. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 > > -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release

Dear List - the sound you hear is my Grandmother, rolling over in her grave. If she was able to partake in THIS discussion, all 4 ft. 11 ins. of her would be in your face! I agree with Robert, being called a Balkan was not a good thing to most Croatians. Karen Heiser Weed, Siskiyou, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerome Buza" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 10:46 PM Subject: [CROATIA-L] Balkans > Encyclopedia > > > > Balkan Peninsula > > > > Balkan Peninsula, southeasternmost peninsula of Europe, c.200,000 sq mi > > (518,000 sq km), bounded by the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, > > Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea, and Adriatic Sea. Although there is no > > sharp physiographic separation between the peninsula and Central Europe, > > the line of the Sava and Danube rivers is commonly considered as the > > region's northern limit. The Balkan Peninsula therefore includes most of > > Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Hercegovina, > > Albania, Macedonia, continental Greece (including the Peloponnesus), > > Bulgaria, European Turkey, and SE Romania. These countries, successors to > > the Ottoman Empire, are called the Balkan States. Historically and > > politically the region extends north of this line to include all of > > Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Romania. > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release > >

They may not have liked it (I had never heard this before), but it seems to be in the history books. I don't know why it is so bad as we are all children of God andf that is what is important. It is almost like "sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me". Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: " Karen Heiser" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 1:39 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Balkans > Dear List - the sound you hear is my Grandmother, rolling over in her > grave. > If she was able to partake in THIS discussion, all 4 ft. 11 ins. of her > would be in your face! I agree with Robert, being called a Balkan was not > a > good thing to most Croatians. > Karen Heiser > Weed, Siskiyou, CA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerome Buza" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 10:46 PM > Subject: [CROATIA-L] Balkans > > >> Encyclopedia >> > >> > Balkan Peninsula >> > >> > Balkan Peninsula, southeasternmost peninsula of Europe, c.200,000 sq mi >> > (518,000 sq km), bounded by the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, >> > Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea, and Adriatic Sea. Although there is no >> > sharp physiographic separation between the peninsula and Central >> > Europe, >> > the line of the Sava and Danube rivers is commonly considered as the >> > region's northern limit. The Balkan Peninsula therefore includes most >> > of >> > Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Hercegovina, >> > Albania, Macedonia, continental Greece (including the Peloponnesus), >> > Bulgaria, European Turkey, and SE Romania. These countries, successors > to >> > the Ottoman Empire, are called the Balkan States. Historically and >> > politically the region extends north of this line to include all of >> > Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Romania. >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > No virus found in this incoming message. >> > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release >> >> > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 > >