The international geography . s occupied the fortresses till 1867. Repeated wars and internaltroubles, the struggle between the dynasties of Karageorgevich andObrenovich, ending in the victory of the latter, hindered the progress ofthe country. The Berlin Congress at lastsecured complete independence to Servia, andan important increase of territory in the south,including the upper reaches of the IMorava aboveNish. Immediately afterwards, in 1882, it wasdeclared a kingdom, the power of the king beinglimited by a popularly elected Parliament, theSkupchina. Configuration.—Servia is separated on t
The international geography . s occupied the fortresses till 1867. Repeated wars and internaltroubles, the struggle between the dynasties of Karageorgevich andObrenovich, ending in the victory of the latter, hindered the progress ofthe country. The Berlin Congress at lastsecured complete independence to Servia, andan important increase of territory in the south,including the upper reaches of the IMorava aboveNish. Immediately afterwards, in 1882, it wasdeclared a kingdom, the power of the king beinglimited by a popularly elected Parliament, theSkupchina. Configuration.—Servia is separated on thenorth by the Save and Danube from Hungary and Rumania, on the westby the Drina from Bosnia, while the boundaries on the east and southare merely arbitrary lines drawn towards Bulgaria and the district stillknown as Turkish Old Servia, which was the nucleus of the Servian Empirein the Middle Ages. The east of Servia lies on the rugged chains of theBalkans, and is therefore very thinly inhabited, although containing copper,. WWW^WWW^ Fig. i6y.—Tlic Servian Flag. Fig. i68.—Average popu-lation of a squaremile of Seivia. 336 The International Geography lead, and iron at Maidanpek, and coal near Cuprija, The highlands ofcrystalline rock in the south include the Kopaonik Mountains, rising to7,000 feet; but western Servia consists of a hilly district of youngerTertiary strata, which extends to the Hungarian Plain. The hills arecovered by beautiful oak forests interspersed with fertile fields. TheMorava Valley, the great artery of commerce through the peninsula, withits tributary valley of the Western Morava, forms the best part of thecountry. The central position of this valley, commanding the entrance tothe Balkan Peninsula from central Europe, to somedegree compensates Servia for being completely shutout from the sea. Resources and Trade.—Servia is the mostfertile and densely peopled of the Balkan States, butthe want of tranquility and diligence amongst thepeople, and the v
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