The international geography . of Bulgaria, under the suzerainty of theSultan, ojcupying the north-eastern part of the peninsula on both sides oftlie Balkan Mountains. (5) The Ottoman Empire, or Turkey, in the south. Servia 335 The ethnographical boundaries do not correspond with the Servians occupy the north-west, the Bulgarians the east, and Slavsof doubtful origin Macedonia. Theancient Albanian people remainby themselves in the Greeks live on the coast, and,with the Armenians, are settled asmerchants in all the towns. Jews,descended from those who wereexpelled fr
The international geography . of Bulgaria, under the suzerainty of theSultan, ojcupying the north-eastern part of the peninsula on both sides oftlie Balkan Mountains. (5) The Ottoman Empire, or Turkey, in the south. Servia 335 The ethnographical boundaries do not correspond with the Servians occupy the north-west, the Bulgarians the east, and Slavsof doubtful origin Macedonia. Theancient Albanian people remainby themselves in the Greeks live on the coast, and,with the Armenians, are settled asmerchants in all the towns. Jews,descended from those who wereexpelled from Spain in the fifteenthcentury and still speaking Spanish,also occupy the towns as trades-men and merchants. The Turksare numerous only in Constanti-nople ; they live in small groups inThrace, Bulgaria and Macedonia,and elsewhere as Governmentofficials and The Balkan Peninsula is thus the theatre ofnumerous races and religions, the adherents of which live in an atmosphereof fanatical hatred and political Fig. 166.—The Sliriiikiiig of Turkey in Europe. III.—SERVIA History.—The Servians were the first of the Balkan peoples to recovertheir liberty from the Turks. As early as 1817 the land on both sides of theLower Morava was formed into a principality under Turkish suzerainty, butthe Turks 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 b
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