Interesting! The last article here just set the limit at the Kupa, which would leave out a good bit of Slovenia. The description of course is a lot of mumbo jumbo, first it includes part most of Slovenia, Croatia, etc and then later it states of those countries. And as far as the articles statement that "Historically and politically" blah, blah... Croatia and Slovenia have a longer history with Hungary and Austria than they do with the Ottomans or Serbia! I always loved history and especially some of the teachers and textbooks they are so contradictory and inaccurate in so many cases :) Robert Jerome Buza <[email protected]> wrote: 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 Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out about a wonderful tour of Croatia! http://www.kollander-travel.com/