The Balkans: Between Europe and the Middle East

By Lisa Adeli

Warm-ups

• Macedonian song “Jovano, Jovanke” – What do you notice about the…?

• Melody• Rhythm (Count how many beats per measure.)• Sounds of the language• Instruments

• Picture books of the Balkans:– What do you notice about the…?

• Appearance of the land• Architecture

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Ottoman Empire at Its Height

Justin McCarthy, The Map Project, MESA 3

Justin McCarthy, The Map Project, MESA 4

Justin McCarthy, The Map Project, MESA 5

Justin McCarthy, The Map Project, MESA 6

The Map Project, MESA,http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc 7

CIA map, www.makedonija.info/CIA_Balkans.jpg 8

Meteora, Greek Orthodox monastery “suspended in the air”

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Graćanica, a 14th century Serbian Orthodox monastery in Kosovo

http://www.kosovo.net

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Queen Simonida, wife of King Milutin, one of the ‘saints.’ Note that the eyes were gouged out due to Muslim outrage

at ‘idols’ in the Christian Churches.

http://www.srpska-mreza.com

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Fethija Mosque in Bihać, Bosnia. A Gothic church converted into a mosque.

www.virtualtourist.com

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Former Jewish quarter on the island of Rhodes

Jewish Heritage Online Magazine 13

Interior of Jewish synagogue on the island of Rhodes

Jewish Heritage Online Magazine 14

Gazi Husrev Beg Mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia

Yugoslavia Republics and Provinces 15

Prizren, Kosovo – mosque with a church in the background

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wandering/DIARY/Kosovo 16

Muslim tombstone (note the turban)in Sarajevo, Bosnia

Yugoslavia: Republics and Provinces

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Kameniot Most (Stone Bridge), Skopje, Macedonia

donika.com 18

Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia (destroyed in the 1990s civil war)

http://www.uhd.edu/academic/colleges/sciences/engineeringtech/sad/images/MostarBridge.jpg 19

Famous “Bridge on the Drina,” Višegrad, Bosnia

www.wmf.org/resources/photogallery 20

Џ (DŽ in Latin alphabet)

џамија = mosqueџезве = coffee maker for Turkish

coffee

Continuing linguistic influence: = šahid (шахид)

In the Iran-Iraq War, Iranians used this term a lot (meaning a martyr in a religious war). Today, Bosnian Muslims use the term to mean someone who died fighting on the

Muslim side in the Bosnian civil war (1990s).

Baščaršija, Traditional Market in Sarajevo, Bosnia

http://www.stoessel.ch/images/europe/sarajevo_bascarsija.jpg 21

Copper crafts of Kazandžiluk, Sarajevo, Bosnia

Yugoslavia,Published by Mladinska Knjiga

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Bosnian Muslim home in Mostar

Review, Yugoslav Monthly Magazine, 1969 25

Differing Styles of Dress – Ethnic Albanian Women of Kosovo

www.irex.org

delivery.viewimages.com 23

Albanian women farm workers. (Notice that one has a headscarf; the other

does not.)

http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=94809&rendTypeId=4 24

Bosnian Muslim women praying

http://www.gannett.com/news/awards/photowinners/2003/quarter4/division2/images/photo3.jpg

Bosnian War (1990s) – military patches for Muslim forces

http://www.tridentmilitary.com/World-Militaria/Bosnia.html

Questions or comments?

Contact: Lisa Adeliadeli@email.arizona.edu

The Balkans: Between Europe and the Middle EastWarm-upsOttoman Empire at Its Height Slide Number 4Slide Number 5Slide Number 6Slide Number 7Slide Number 8Meteora, Greek Orthodox monastery “suspended in the air”Graćanica, a 14th century Serbian Orthodox monastery in KosovoQueen Simonida, wife of King Milutin, one of the ‘saints.’ Note that the eyes were gouged out due to Muslim outrage at ‘idols’ in the Christian Churches.Fethija Mosque in Bihać, Bosnia. A Gothic church converted into a mosque.Former Jewish quarter on the island of RhodesInterior of Jewish synagogue on the island of RhodesGazi Husrev Beg Mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia Prizren, Kosovo – mosque with a church in the background Muslim tombstone (note the turban)�in Sarajevo, BosniaKameniot Most (Stone Bridge), Skopje, MacedoniaBridge in Mostar, Bosnia (destroyed in the 1990s civil war)Famous “Bridge on the Drina,” Višegrad, BosniaЏ (DŽ in Latin alphabet) Continuing linguistic influence: ﺷﮬﯿﺪ = šahid (шахид) Baščaršija, Traditional Market in Sarajevo, Bosnia�Copper crafts of Kazandžiluk, Sarajevo, BosniaBosnian Muslim home in MostarDiffering Styles of Dress – Ethnic Albanian Women of KosovoAlbanian women farm workers. (Notice that one has a headscarf; the other does not.)Bosnian Muslim women prayingBosnian War (1990s) – military patches for Muslim forcesQuestions or comments?