Bulgaria's territory was inhabited by the Thracians (famed for their gold-making, fierce
warriors, and the gladiator Spartacus) for thousands of years before being conquered by the Macedonian Empire. Thrace was subsequently incorporated into the Roman Empire and later the Byzantine (East Roman) Empire. The first official data of Bulgaria is in the late 7th century (681 A.D.), when Slavic and Bulgar tribes entered the Byzantine provinces of Thrace, Moesia, and Macedonia and together formed the Bulgarian Empire.
In succeeding centuries, the Bulgarian and Byzantine Empires dominated South-East Europe, but by the end of the 14th century, the region was overrun by the Ottoman Turks. Bulgaria was subjugated by the Ottoman Empire for five centuries. Bulgaria regained its independence in 1878 largely due to the intervention of the Russian Empire, who clipped the wings of the declining Ottoman Empire in Bulgaria and elsewhere. It installed a minor German prince (the nephew of the Russian tsar) as a ruler of the newly independent country. The country's iconic heroes are all freedom fighters against the Ottomans: whether Rakovsky (Раковски), who mixed revolution and literature, Vassil Levski (Васил Левски) - the Apostle of Freedom, or Hristo Botev (Христо Ботев), poet and fighter.
Ziro is an ideal place for trekking in Arunachal Pradesh. It is situated on a plateau and known to
The rolling landscape, the mild climate and a plethora of water sport and other leisure
Located at a distance of 42km from Bomdila, Dirang is an attractive hill station in Arunachal
In the 1970s, Maori carver Matahi Whakataka-Brightwell gifted the Taupo region with a
Owing to the existence of a large number of Sufi shrines, Kathua is dubbed as the City of Sufis.