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Bulgaria Samuil (997-1014)cs
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. Bulgaria covers a territory of , and is the sixteenth-largest country in Europe. Sofia is the nation's capital and largest city; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Neolithic Karanovo culture, which dates back to 6,500 BC. In the 6th to 3rd century BC the region was a battleground for ancient Thracians, Persians, Celts and Macedonians; stability came when the Roman Empire conquered the region in AD 45. After the Roman state splintered, tribal invasions in the region resumed. Around the 6th century, these territories were settled by the early Slavs. The Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unity Makes Strength
"Unity makes strength" ( bg, Съединението прави силата, Săedinenito pravi silata; nl, Eendracht maakt macht, ; french: L'union fait la force) is a motto that has been used by various states and entities throughout history. It is used by Belgium, Bulgaria, Haiti, Malaysia and Georgia (country), Georgia on their national coat of arms, coats of arms and is the national motto of Belgium, Bolivia, Malaysia, Georgia (country), Georgia and Bulgaria. The motto was originally used by the Dutch Republic as "eendracht maakt macht". It was derived originally from a Greek phrase (ισχύς εν τη ενώσει literally meaning power lies in unity) attributed to Homer, dating to roughly 850 BC, that later appears similarly in the Latin phrase ''concordia res parvae crescunt'' ("small things flourish by concord"), used in the ''Bellum Iugurthinum'' of Roman Republican writer Sallust. The similar moral of the Aesopic fable "The Old Man and his Sons" has been render ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
