History Lesson about Romania
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This is Romania
Romania • Romania lies in South-Eastern
Europe. Its neighbours are Bulgaria (South), Yugoslavia (South-West), Hungary (North-West), Ukraine (North), Moldavia (East), the Black Sea (East). Romanian currency is Leu (RON).
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The Romanian history The Romanian history
Where do we come from ?
• The first tribes to live on the territory of Romania were the Dacians . After the Roman Empire took over Dacia they were called geto-dacs and their first great leader was Burebista
The Romanian pincipalities
Beginning with the 10-th century Romania was divided in 3 principalities : Moldavia, Valachia and Transilvania
Dracula, between legend and reality
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Dracula or Vlad the Impaler was the son of Vlad Dracul (1436-1442; 1443-1447) Vlad the Impaler used to sign himself Draculea or Draculya - the Devil's son -, a name which was distorted into Dracula. In fact, Vlad was called Tepes (the Impaler) only after his death (1476)because he used to impale all those who were wrong.
Nicolae Ceausescu, a modern despot
• Nicolae Ceausescu (1918-1989) was a communist official who was leader of Romania from 1965 until he was overthrown and executed during the events of 1989.
Nicolae Ceausescu
Romania today
• Today Romania is a democratic republic member of the European Union, who shares the same values and principals as everybody.
• Although Romania is a small country we have a very complicated history and these are only a few of the main events that took an important role in creating and developing our nation
• THE END :D