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The Balkans: nationalism, war and the great powers 1804-1999, New York: Viking Penguin. ISBN 0-14-023377-6. Fleming, KE (2008). Greece: A Jewish History. Princeton University Press. Karababas, Anastasios (2024-01-30). In the Footsteps of the Jews of Greece: From Ancient Times to the Present Day. Vallentine Mitchell Publishers. ISBN 978-1-80371 ...
The most-liked post as of August 2024 is a carousel of the Argentine footballer Lionel Messi and his teammates celebrating the 2022 FIFA World Cup win at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, which has been liked by over 75.3 million different accounts. Uploaded on December 18, 2022, the post shows Messi lifting his first World Cup Trophy after ...
Prince Frederik as an infant in the arms of his mother, 1968. Frederik was born by emergency caesarean section at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital in Copenhagen, on 26 May 1968 at 23:50 [5] to the then Princess Margrethe, oldest daughter of Frederik IX and heir presumptive to the Danish throne, and Prince Henrik.
The Balkans ( / ˈbɔːlkənz / BAWL-kənz, / ˈbɒlkənz / BOL-kənz [1] ), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. [2] [3] [4] The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the whole of Bulgaria. [5]
A Greek lithograph of the Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas. The Balkan Wars were two wars that took place in the Balkans in 1912 and 1913. Four Balkan states defeated the Ottoman Empire in the first war; one of the four, Bulgaria, was defeated in the second war. The Ottoman Empire lost nearly all of its holdings in Europe.
Ohad Barkan, known as Ady, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 18, 1983, to immigrant parents from Romania and Israel. His mother, Diana L. Kormos-Buchwald, is a professor of the history of science at the California Institute of Technology and his father, Elazar Barkan, is a professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the most-followed individual, sportsperson, footballer, Portuguese and European on Instagram, with over 635 million followers. Lionel Messi is the most-followed Argentinian and South American on Instagram, with over 504 million followers. Selena Gomez is the most-followed woman, actress, musician, American and North ...
The Ustaše ( pronounced [ûstaʃe] ), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, [ n 3 ] was a Croatian, fascist and ultranationalist organization [ 21 ] active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement ( Croatian: Ustaša – Hrvatski revolucionarni pokret ).