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North Of The Danube
Author: Erskine Caldwell
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Published: 1939
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An account of travel in Czechoslovakia at the beginning of its domination by Nazi Germany.
The Romanians and the Turkic Nomads North of the Danube Delta from the Tenth to the Mid-Thirteenth Century
Author: Victor Spinei
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2009-05-06
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9047428803
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The author of the present volume aims to investigate the relationships between Romanians and nomadic Turkic groups (Pechenegs, Uzes, Cumans) in the southern half of Moldavia, north of the Danube Delta, between the tenth century and the great Mongol invasion of 1241-1242. The Carpathian-Danubian area particularly favoured the development of sedentary life, throughout the millennia, but, at various times, nomadic pastoralists of the steppes also found this area favourable to their own way of life. Due to the basic features of its landscape, the above-mentioned area, which includes a vast plain, became the main political stage of the Romanian ethnic space, a stage on which local communities had to cope with the pressures of successive intrusions of nomadic Turks, attracted by the rich pastures north of the Lower Danube. Contacts of the Romanians and of the Turkic nomads with Byzantium, Kievan Rus’, Bulgaria and Hungary are also investigated. The conclusions of the volume are based on an analysis of both written sources (narrative, diplomatic, cartographic) and archaeological finds.
Days of Battle
Author: Norbert Számvéber
Publisher: Helion and Company
Published: 2013-10-19
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1910294209
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume of WWII military studies examines significant yet neglected clashes of German-Hungarian and Soviet armor north of the river Danube. In Days of Battle, Dr. Norbert Számvéber, chief of Hungary's military archives, examines armor combat operations in the southern territory of the historical Upper Hungary (part of Hungary between 1938 and 1945, at the present time now part of Slovakia) in three separate studies. The first is an account of the battle between the Ipoly and Garam rivers during the second half of December 1944, in which the élite Hungarian Division "Szent László" saw action for the first time. The second study examines the fierce tank battle of Komárom, fought between January 6th–22nd of 1945. This was an integral part of the Battle for Budapest, parallel in time with Operation Konrad. The third study describes the combat during the German Operation Südwind in February 1945, as well as the Soviet attack launched in the direction of Bratislava in March 1945. Based on files and documentation from German, Hungarian and Soviet sources, Dr. Számvéber’s authoritative text is supported by photographs and color battle maps.
Russia on the Danube
Author: Victor Taki
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: 2021-09-21
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 963386383X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One of the goals of Russia’s Eastern policy was to turn Moldavia and Wallachia, the two Romanian principalities north of the Danube, from Ottoman vassals into a controllable buffer zone and a springboard for future military operations against Constantinople. Russia on the Danube describes the divergent interests and uneasy cooperation between the Russian officials and the Moldavian and Wallachian nobility in a key period between 1812 and 1834. Victor Taki’s meticulous examination of the plans and memoranda composed by Russian administrators and the Romanian elite underlines the crucial consequences of this encounter. The Moldavian and Wallachian nobility used the Russian-Ottoman rivalry in order to preserve and expand their traditional autonomy. The comprehensive institutional reforms born out of their interaction with the tsar’s officials consolidated territorial statehood on the lower Danube, providing the building blocks of a nation state. The main conclusion of the book is that although Russian policy was driven by self-interest, and despite the Russophobia among a great part of the Romanian intellectuals, this turbulent period significantly contributed to the emergence, several decades later, of modern Romania.
The Danube; in Five Parts
Author: Joseph Perkins Chamberlain
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 46
ISBN-13: 9781230373119
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... THE DANUBE. I. GEOGRAPHY. The Danube runs from the Black Forest to the Black vw riTWSea. It is formed by the junction of two small streams, the Brigach and Breg, just below Donaueschingen in the German state of Baden, at a point 2,200 feet above sea level. It runs in an easterly direction across the German states of Wurtemberg, in which, at the city of Ulm, it becomes navigable, and Bavaria, where, at Ratisbon, regular navigation commences, then, after leaving the port of Passau, enters Austria, whose capital, Vienna, is a river town. From Austria the Danube traverses Hungary from west to east, then north to south, with Budapest, the Hungarian capital, on its banks, and after crossing the Hungarian Jugo-Slav territory it becomes the boundary between Hungary and Serbia, changing its course again to an easterly direction. Belgrade, in Serbia, is the third capital on its shore. The most serious natural impediment to navigation on Iron gates, the river, the Cataracts and Iron Gates, begins in the lower part of the Serbo-Hungarian boundary. The river here breaks through the Carpathians from the Hungarian to the Roumanian plains, in a winding course. From Bazias, where it leaves the Hungarian plain, to Turnu-Severin in the Roumanian--100 km. as the crow flies--the river's course is 157 km. and from Moldowa, where the Cataracts become dangerous, to Turnu-Severin, the total fall is 29 meters.1 This fall, however, is divided into a number of rapids, the worst of which are the famous Iron Gates. Just above the Iron Gates Roumania succeeds to Hun- Lower river, gary as riparian on the north bank. Bulgaria follows Serbia as southern riparian until the river turns northeast, when both banks become Roumanian above Tutrakan, then turns north till it...
The Danube
Author: Andrew Beattie
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0199768358
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A detailed history of the Danube river.
The Lost World of Old Europe
Author: David W. Anthony
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780691143880
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the prehistoric Copper Age, long before cities, writing, or the invention of the wheel, Old Europe was among the most culturally rich regions in the world. Its inhabitants lived in prosperous agricultural towns. The ubiquitous goddess figurines found in their houses and shrines have triggered intense debates about women's roles. The Lost World of Old Europe is the accompanying catalog for an exhibition at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. This superb volume features essays by leading archaeologists as well as breathtaking color photographs cataloguing the objects, some illustrated here for the first time. The heart of Old Europe was in the lower Danube valley, in contemporary Bulgaria and Romania. Old European coppersmiths were the most advanced metal artisans in the world. Their intense interest in acquiring copper, Aegean shells, and other rare valuables gave rise to far-reaching trading networks. In their graves, the bodies of Old European chieftains were adorned with pounds of gold and copper ornaments. Their funerals were without parallel in the Near East or Egypt. The exhibition represents the first time these rare objects have appeared in the United States. An unparalleled introduction to Old Europe's cultural, technological, and artistic legacy, The Lost World of Old Europe includes essays by Douglass Bailey, John Chapman, Cornelia-Magda Lazarovici, Ioan Opris and Catalin Bem, Ernst Pernicka, Dragomir Nicolae Popovici, Michel Séfériadès, and Vladimir Slavchev.
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