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Timok Division
The Timok ( Serbian and Bulgarian: Тимок; ro, Timoc), sometimes also known as Great Timok ( sr, Велики Тимок, Veliki Timok; ro, Timocul Mare), is a river in eastern Serbia, a right tributary of the Danube. For the last 15 km of its run it forms a border between eastern Serbia and western Bulgaria. It is a branchy system of many shorter rivers, many of them having the same name (Timok), only clarified with adjectives. From the farthest source in the system, that of the Svrljiški Timok, until its confluence (as ''Veliki Timok''), the Timok is 202 km long. The area of the river basin is .Velika Morava River Basin [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claims a border with Albania through the Political status of Kosovo, disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia without Kosovo has about 6.7 million inhabitants, about 8.4 million if Kosvo is included. Its capital Belgrade is also the List of cities in Serbia, largest city. Continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavs#Migrations, Slavic migrations in the 6th century, establishing several regional Principality of Serbia (early medieval), states in the early Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic period (), and the Classical period (). Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of fifth-century Athenian historians, playwrights, and philosophers. It has contributed many words to English vocabulary and has been a standard subject of study in educational institutions of the Western world since the Renaissance. This article primarily contains information about the Epic and Classical periods of the language. From the Hellenistic period (), Ancient Greek was followed by Koine Greek, which is regarded as a separate historical stage, although its earliest form closely resembles Attic Greek and its latest form approaches Medieval Greek. There were several regional dialects of Ancient Greek, of which Attic Greek developed into Koine. Dia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studena Voda River
Studena may refer to: * Studená, Slovakia, a village near Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia * Studená (Jindřichův Hradec District), a village in the Czech Republic * Studená (Plzeň-North District), a village in the Czech Republic * Studena, Croatia, a village near Klana, Croatia * Studena, Haskovo Province, a village in Bulgaria * Studena, a village in Cornereva Cornereva ( hu, Somosréve) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, western Romania with a population of 3,403 inhabitants. It is composed of forty villages: Arsuri, Bogâltin (''Bogoltény''), Bojia, Borugi, Camena (''Kamenavölgy''), Cireșel, C ... Commune, Caraş-Severin County, Romania * Studena (Babušnica), a village in Serbia * Studena (Vranje), a village in Serbia * Studena Point, a place in Antarctica * Studena planina, a mountain in Serbia {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knjaževac
Knjaževac ( sr-cyr, Књажевац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zaječar District of the eastern Serbia. As of 2011, the municipality has a population of 31,491 inhabitants, while the town has 18,404 inhabitants. The town is situated between three mountains, in the geographical region of the Timok Valley bordering Bulgaria. History In the Roman period, ''Timacum Minus'' existed within the present municipality. In 1833, the town, formerly known as ''Gurgusovac'', was liberated from the Ottoman Empire and was administrated into the Krajina nahija of the Principality of Serbia in 1834. In 1859 the official name was changed to Knjaževac. From 1929 to 1944, Knjaževac was part of the Morava Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1944, a train tunnel was built in the town, which is depicted in the town's coat of arms. Gurgusovac Tower During the Ottoman period, the fortress, known as the Gurgusovac Tower, after the then name of the town, was built with a purpose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
