Macedonia Trace And Illyria PDF Download

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Dardania (Balkans), Paeonia, Prizren, List of ancient cities in Illyria, List of rulers of Thrace and Dacia, Classification of Thracian, Bryges, Scupi, Agrianes, Damastion, Ulpiana, Paeonian language, Vindenis, Quemedava, Tynteni, Derrones, Laeaeans, Almopians, Odomanti, Siropaiones, Doberes, Paeoplae. Excerpt: Prizren (Albanian: or Prizreni; Serbian: Turkish: ) is a historical city located in southern Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the homonymous municipality and district. The city has a population of around 131,247 (2010 estimate), mostly Albanians. The municipality has an estimated population of about 240,000 inhabitants, comprising both the town itself and its 76 villages. Prizren is located on the slopes of the ar Mountains (Albanian: ) in the southern part of Kosovo, at . The municipality has a border with Albania and the Republic of Macedonia. The Roman town of Theranda in Ptolemy's Geography is mentioned in the 2nd century A.D.. In the 5th century A.D. it is mentioned as being restored in Dardania with the name of Petrizen by Procopius of Caesarea in De aedificiis (Book IV, Chapter 4). Sometimes it is mentioned even in relation to the Justiniana Prima. It is thought that its modern name comes from old Serbian, from -, indicating fortress which could be seen from afar (compare with Czech P iz enice or mount Ozren). Historic Photo of Bulbulder Mahala area (Albanian: in PrizrenFrom 830s the city and the whole region were included in the Bulgarian Empire. In 1018, after the fall of the First Bulgarian Empire under Tsar Samuel, the Byzantines created a Theme of Bulgaria, raising a Bulgarian Episcopate in Prizren. A Bulgarian uprising arose in 1072 under Georgi Voiteh. Constantine Bodin of the House of Vojislavljevi who was also son of Duklja's Serbian King...