. Europe and other continents . A scene just outside Constantinople. These areAsiatic black buffaloes, whichare used there as beasts of burden. upon irrigation. Why is this true of Greece particularly?(p. 161). People. — The eastern point of the Balkan peninsulacomes so close to Asia that it has been called a bridge between Europe and Asia. At each of two points, theDardanelles and the Bosporus, the continents are separatedonly by a narrow strait, a barrier so slight that the animalsand plants of the country belong to both European andAsiatic species. This region has also been a bridge for the
. Europe and other continents . A scene just outside Constantinople. These areAsiatic black buffaloes, whichare used there as beasts of burden. upon irrigation. Why is this true of Greece particularly?(p. 161). People. — The eastern point of the Balkan peninsulacomes so close to Asia that it has been called a bridge between Europe and Asia. At each of two points, theDardanelles and the Bosporus, the continents are separatedonly by a narrow strait, a barrier so slight that the animalsand plants of the country belong to both European andAsiatic species. This region has also been a bridge for the passageof many peoples. The early inhabitants of the Balkanpeninsula belonged to several divisions of the white race. 340 EUROPE. Among these were the Greeks, who settled along the coastand there developed the Greek civilization. Later the region came under the control ofthe Romans, and at that time Con-stantinople became renowned forits trade. With the decline of theRoman Empire, Slavs from theRussian plains entered and drovethe Greeks back to the coast and aconsiderable body of the Romansto the mountainous interior. After-ward these Slavs, known as Ser-vians and Bulgarians, acceptedChristianity, adopted civilizedways, and finally became rulersof the peninsula. Still later came the Moham-medan Turks, who, crossing from Asia, brought the penin-sula under their dominion. Wherever the Turks wentthey brought ruin ; and for four centuries, while the restof Europe was advancing, they held this region in sub-jection and prevented progress. During the nineteenthcentury, however, many of its people have thrown off theTurkish yoke, so that Turkey in Europe is now less thanone-quarter as large as it was a hundred years ag
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