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Ancient Kosovo

Dardania

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First Battle of Kosovo

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Vilayet of Kosovo

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Ancient Dardania

Dardania (Albanian: Dardania;) was an ancient country encompassing southern parts of present-day Kosova (including the area of the modern-day province of Kosovo, since 1999 under UN administration), mostly, but not entirely, western parts of the present-day Republic of Macedonia, and parts of present-day north-eastern Albania. // Slavic peoples According to most historians, Slavs entered the Balkans around the late 6th or early 7th century AD, possibly migrating from the northern Caucasus where Ptolemy placed the Serboi in the 2nd century AD. The initial spread of the Slavic population of the Balkans was much larger than today... Combatants Ottoman Empire Serbia Commanders Murad I †, Bayezid I, Yakub † Lazar Hrebeljanović †, Vuk Branković, Vlatko Vuković Strength ~ 10,000[4][5][6] ~ 12,000-30,000[4][5][6][7] Casualties Low Extremely high The Battle of Kosovo (or Battle of Amselfeld; Serbian Cyrillic: Косовски бој or Бој на Косову; Turkish: Kosova Meydan Muharebesi; see... In the second Battle of Kosovo (rigómezei csata in Hungarian) in 1448, the Hungarian Catholic coalition under John Hunyadi was defeated by the Ottoman Turkish-led coalition under Murad II. The battle was fought between October 7th and 10th in the Kosovo Field (Kosovo Polje). ... Kosovo from 1455 to 1912 The territory of todays province was for centuries ruled by the Ottoman Empire. ... The Province of Kosovo Albanian: Vilajeti i Kosovës; (Turkish: Kosova Vilayeti; Serbian: Косовски вилајет or Kosovski vilajet; Macedonian: Покраина на Косово or Pokraina na Kosovo) was a vilayet of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan Peninsula only roughly corresponding to the current region of Kosovo. ... The League of Prizren (Albanian: Lidhja e Prizrenit) was created on June 10, 1878 in a mosque in Prizren, Kosovo by 300 Albanian nationalist leaders, mostly from Kosovo, Western former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Muslim leaders from Bosnia-Hercegovina and the Sandzak, in order to achieve an autonomous Albanian... // 20th century Following the First Balkan War of 1912, Kosovo was internationally recognised as a part of Serbia and Metohia as a part of Montenegro at the Treaty of London in May 1913. ... Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo within SFRY (number 5a) Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (Serbo-Croatian: Социјалистичка Аутономна Покрајина Косово, Socijalistička Autonomna Pokrajina Kosovo, Albanian: Krahina Socialiste Autonome e Kosovës) was one of the two socialist autonomous provinces of the Socialist Republic of Serbia and one of the federal units of the... The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... Download high resolution version (2038x1677, 721 KB)Classical Balkans: from Map from rothers Publishers, New York, 1849A Classical Atlas to Illustrate Ancient Geography, Alexander G. Findlay, Harper and B ros. ... Download high resolution version (2038x1677, 721 KB)Classical Balkans: from Map from rothers Publishers, New York, 1849A Classical Atlas to Illustrate Ancient Geography, Alexander G. Findlay, Harper and B ros. ... Kosova is the name of several places around the world: Kosova is the Albanian name for Kosovo. ... For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... For an explanation of terms related to Macedonia, see Macedonia (terminology). ...

History

Its native Dardani people were an Illyrian tribe. They seem to have often been a threat to the kingdom of Macedon. Dardania's largest towns were those of Naissus (Niš), Therranda (Prizren), Vicianum (Vučitrn), Skopi (Stoc, Skopje), and its capital was Damastioni. Albani (Albanoi), tribe in ancient Illyria, from Alexander G. Findlays Classical Atlas to Illustrate Ancient Geography, New York, 1849 The Dardani were an ancient Indo-European tribe that lived in Dardania (largely corresponding to present day Kosovo, as well as other parts of present day southern Serbia) and was... This article is about an ancient civilization in southeastern Europe; see also Illyria (software), Illyria (character in the TV series Angel). ... Ancient Macedons regions and towns Macedon or Macedonia (Greek ) was the name of an ancient kingdom in the northern-most part of ancient Greece, bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east. ... Niš (Ниш, the Roman Naissus; see below) is a city in Serbia and Montenegro (formerly Yugoslavia), 43. ... NiÅ¡ or Nish (Serbian: Ниш / NiÅ¡,  , Latin: Naissus, Greek: Ναισσός Naissos) is a city in Serbia situated at 43. ... View of Prizren. ... Vučitrn (Вучитрн; Albanian: Vushtrri), is the name of a town, which is the seat of a municipality, situated in north-eastern part of the province of Serbia called Kosovo. ... The church of St. ...

During the ancient times, the Dardanians were made from two larger groups: Galabri and Thunaki. ^[1]

The area was conquered by the Romans in 28 BC and became part of the Roman province of Illyricum, on the border with Macedonia. Emperor Diocletian later c. 284 made Dardania into a separate province with its capital at Naissus (Niš). Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC - 20s BC - 10s BC 0s 10s 20s 30s Years: 33 BC 32 BC 31 BC 30 BC 29 BC 28 BC 27 BC 26 BC 25 BC 24 BC 23... Map of the Roman Empire, with the provinces, after 120. ... This article is about an ancient civilization in southeastern Europe; see also Illyria (software), Illyria (character in the TV series Angel). ... Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus (c. ... For other uses, see number 284. ...

During the Aurelian Dardanorum and Trajan, in Dardanian mines was producted Metalli Vlpiani and Metalli Dardanici. ^[2]

Origin of the name

Austrian geologist Ami Boue [1] has proposed that the name Dardania comes from the Albanian word dardhë which means "pear". However the most possible source is the ancient Greek mythology: Δάρδανος (Dardanus), one of the sons of Illyrius (the others being Enchelus, Autarieus, Maedus, Taulas, and Perrhaebus) was the eponymous ancestor of the Δάρδανοι (Dardanoi) .^[3] Ami Bou (March 16, 1794 - November 21, 1881), Austrian geologist, was born at Hamburg, and received his early education there and in Geneva and Paris. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. ... In Greek mythology, Dardanus (burner up) was a son of Zeus by Electra, daughter of Atlas, and founder of the city of Dardania on Mount Ida in the Troad. ... Illyrius (Greek: Ιλλυριός) is a name known in different stories found in ancient Greek mythology. ... An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) whose name has become identified with a particular object or activity. ...

Rulers

List of the rulers of Dardania:

• Longarus, king, 3rd century BC
• Bato, king, 3rd and 2nd century BC
• Monunius, king, 2nd century BC
• Teuta, queen, 2nd century BC

Queen Teuta of the Illyrians (reigned approximately from 231 BC to 228 BC) (aka Tefta) After the death of Agron (250 BC?-231 BC) who established the first kingdom of Illyria, from which the Albanians are believed to descend, extending from Dalmatia on the north to the Aous (Vjosa river...

Later usage of the term

Today, Dardania is sometimes used as a synonym for Kosovo and there are many places in Kosovo called Dardania. The individual name Dardan is very common among Albanians. There are also some proposals that a new Kosovan state should be called the "Republic of Dardania" instead of Kosovo. Synonyms (in ancient Greek, συν (syn) = plus and όνομα (onoma) = name) are different words with similar or identical meanings. ... For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ...

This derived from a Slavic translation of ancient name of the silver mine in west Dardania, called Kosmaj argentariae. ^[4]

References

1. ^ Strabo: Books 1‑7, 15‑17 in English translation, ed. H. L. Jones (1924), at LacusCurtius
2. ^ Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt /Page.80
3. ^ Appian, The Foreign Wars, III, 1.2
4. ^ Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt

The Greek geographer Strabo in a 16th century engraving. ...

Literature

• Grace Harriet Macurdy. The Wanderings of Dardanus and the Dardani, Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. 46 (1915), pp. 119-128
• Ilirians and Iliria at the antic writers ISBN 99927-1-639-8

External links

• Map of Dardania
• Maps of Ancient Dardania