Recently have become national churches There are going to be small differences in the Slavic culture Shatter belt that is going to cause friction Orthodox Slavic Balkan Penn Mts Loess o Dineric Alps o Julian Alps o Carpathians Tatras Transylvanian o Fine yellow powder caused by glaciers cutting through o Great Ag In these Loess belts the mountains Rivers Danube o 2nd longest river in Europe o International waterway o Begins in S Germany and ends in the Black Sea Drava Sava o Delta around the Danube is Swampy like Louisiana o Tributary of Danube o Can be used for transportation o Tributary of Danube o All former Slavic capitals on this R o Can be used for transportation o Small river that flows thru very congested mountains only passage thru these mountains o Most famously identify with Bosnia o Winding little river o Heart and Soul of Macedonia o In the Area of Thrace Neretva Vardar Maritza Yugoslavia Put together after WW1 Woodrow Wilson Each group are trying to have their own freedom Self Determination o Wilson says that all Slavs and should be able to get along and he was way wrong Splits up after WW2 Dalmatia o Right along the coast Dinaric Alps o Illyria is the province o Istria is the peninsula o Thousands of Islands off the coast Very Popular tourist destination SUNNY Mediterranean climate Julian Alps Slovenia Has a tiny seafront thru the city of Koper People of Slavic origin who were the first to migrate to this Have been abused by the Italians Pretty close to Germans Est 1991 Everybody wants to control the city of Trieste Italy area o Natural Seaport o Only urban area in this region o Old roman city Koper Slovenian Cities Ljubljana Pula Rijeka o Italians made it a Seaport o Slovenians access to the Sea o Capitol of Istria o Austrian Empire built this city to provide a Seaport for o HQ of Austrian Navy o 1 Seaport of Croatia their Navy Largest shopping complex in Europe o Capitol City o About the size of Tally o BTC city o Pharmaceutical Industry o Totally European o First country in Europe to adopt the Euro as currency o German City o Industrial Suburb of Gratz Austria Member of EU NATO etc Maribor Koper o Heavy Industry and Manufacturing o Seaport Manmade Island in Julian Alps Lake Bled Serbs and Croations have the Same language Serbo Croatian That s the only similarity they have Croats killed Serbs in concentration camps during WWII o 300 000 Trail of Tears Kicked Serbs out of Croatia 300 000 Korcula Croatia o Summer Resort Island o Ag Based Olives fruit fishing o Beautiful beaches o Sunniest spot in Europe Hvar Plitvice Palace Split Zagreb o National Park o Small river passes thu the mountains into lakes o 1 3 of Croatian pop o Primary Service industry for Croatia o Roman emperor builds palace on the coast Diocletian s o Largest building for 800 years o Now a mall city o Complete walled city o Nothing changed since 1588 o HQ of Austrian Navy o Capitol of Istria o Wonderful amphitheater Completely in the Dineric Alps Cities are in little river towns Rijeka Pula Dubrovnik Bosnia Mostar o 50 Bosnian 50 Croatian o Bridge of Mostar o Megegoria Religious Pilgrimage Sarajevo o Capital of Bosnia o Completely surrounded by mountains o 2 winter Olympics held here o Biggest product is tobacco o Significant Jewish Community o Over 100 000 Serbs here were kicked out of Croatia o Hatred of Muslims o Evo Marlovic Book about the bridge in the Drina Banja Luka Visegrad Neum o Port Serbia Poor Country Belgrad Beograd o Almost 2 million People o Big city o Major Transport center o Still recovering from the war Good place for profit o Socialist Worker city o 2nd city of Serbia o Major Industry o Largest Oil reserve in Serbia o Lots of wheat o 10 Slavic o 10 Hungarian o Transportation center of Serbia o Huge Railroad Yard Station o Electronic Industry o 3rd largest city in Serbia Novi Sad Nis Vrsac Kosovo o Major Border crossing between Serbia and Romania o Heavily Mountains o One railroad goes thru it at about 20mph o Roads all beat up o Basket case o Albanians o Hungarian Vojvodina Albania Short Almost white hair Many went to Kosovo o Thrown out by Serbians o Civil War Kosovo Pristina o 1 million people o Capitol Prizen o 130 000 o Cultural Hearth of Serbia o Center of the Serbian orthodox church Pec Full of coal Uses the Euro Lowest GDP in Europe Mountainous and Swamp Racially different from anyone else around here Montenegro o Short o Thin o Dark hair Less than 1 million Continued as part of Yugoslavia until 2006 28 Serbian Less than half Montenegran Mineral extraction bauxite Podgorica Titograd o Ultimate great socialist worker city o Flat land o Huge steel mill o Among the cheapest wages in Europe o Primary seaport Niksic Bar Kotor o Macedonia Alexander the Great from here Greece sees Macedonia as part of its traditional homeland 2million people o 60 Macedonian o 3 roma gypsy like one of the lowest GDPs in Europe Skopje o 45 of population in country o metal industry outsorced euro industry o beautiful old Turkish center Albania Lake Ohrid o Major tourist destination Pindus Mts 60 75 mts very large and broad coastal plain Eastern Albania is full of greeks 85 are racially Turkish Enver Hocxhaja o Thought Russia was to Liberal o Communism had to really be a proletariat revolution Last euro country to throw out communism Tirana o 600 000 people o a lot of Italian influence o Seaport o Was a beautiful beach back in the day o Leather and Tobacco products Durres Shkoder o Albanian racial group lives here o Full of Catholics o Center of their culture o 2 Universities Catholic University Islamic University Lake Ohird Danub River Bulgaria o The iron gates huge tourist attraction mountains on both sides Maritza River Balkan Mts in the north Rhodope Mts in the south Bulgarians are Slavic Cyrillic alphabet Bulgaria and Romania are the newest members to the UN Do not use the euro Gangs are controlling the industry and also the government Sofia o Economy is way below the rest of Europe Plovdiv Bourgas Varna o Big mountain o Ski slopes o Downtown Sofia has some old character to it o Actually making a profit here o Roman outpost back in the day o Fastest growing area in the Balkans o 200 000 people o Lukeoil refinery o Sunny Beach nearby Miami beach o 3rd largest city o 500 000 o 60 of economy bc of tourism o Golden sands Miami beach o Center for Mutri Mafia o Unemployment around 2 o Europes pipeline to Russia begins here o Last battle of the crusades was fought here Romania Different from every