ATH108 Tues/Thurs The Indo-European Language Family The Indo-European language family includes about 150 languages and dialects spoken by about three billion people‚ including most of the major language families of Europe and western Asia. This hypothesis was first proposed by Sir William Jones‚ who noticed similarities between four of the oldest languages known in his time‚ Latin‚ Greek‚ and Sanskrit and Persian. Scholars used to call the group "Indo-Germanic languages". However‚ when it became
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Looking at me you might wonder what I could possibly understand about diversity – middle class white male‚ college educated‚ married with two children‚ a boy and a girl. These broad generalizations describe me‚ but they do not define me; just as similar ones about others are equally uninformative. They note apparent features while failing to capture inherent uniqueness. To me‚ diversity encompasses respect and acceptance‚ concepts defined by actions taken to recognize and understand individuality
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Portuguese (Macau)‚ Tibetan (Tibet)‚ Mongolian (Inner Mongolia). Other Chinese dialects like Min‚ Hakka (Kejia)‚ Gan and Xiang. Cyprus Greek‚ Turkish English EUROPE Country Official and national Languages Other spoken Languages Albania Albanian (Shqip‚ Tosk (Toskë) is the official dialect) Shqip-Gheg dialect (Gegë)‚ Greek‚ Italian Andorra Catalan French‚ Castilian‚ Portuguese Austria German‚ Slovene (official in Carinthia)‚ Croatian and Hungarian (official in Burgenland) Belarus
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Greece. Pindus Mountains run down the mainland from northwest to southwest‚ dividing the country into two parts. In the north‚ the Rhodope Mountains separates Greece from Bulgaria. Greece’s longest river is the Aliakmon. It run from the Albanian border through the
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Simon Fraser University Spring 2013 HIST 485: Violence in Greece and the Balkans Instructor: Doxis Doxiadis Email: edoxiadi@sfu.ca Office: AQ 6198 Office hours: Tu.-Th. 1-2 pm or by appointment Description and Objectives This course will examine the history of Greece and the Balkans with an emphasis on the exploration of conflicts in the region: Wars‚ civil wars‚ ethnic conflict‚ religious conflict‚ political violence (revolutions‚ dictatorships‚ terrorism‚ etc.)‚ ethnic cleansing
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Albania. America. The names sound so similar‚ yet the differences between these two countries could hardly get any larger! Hanke Cakoni‚ the Albanian stay-at-home mom and caregiver‚ is incredibly different from Tina Lorance‚ the American teacher who tells you to shut up‚ grin‚ and bear it. Hanke was married at 22‚ and now‚ at 38‚ has four children. Her husband makes less than 5‚800 lek‚ (about 64 US dollars) a month‚ yet they still manage to provide for the family‚ (and scrape by‚) including their
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We’ve been told that Australia fought many wars (two World Wars‚ Vietnam‚ Afghanistan‚ Iraq & Syria) against oppression‚ tyranny and to help restore world peace & order. We’ve also been told that our government and low enforcement agencies will do whatever it takes to protect our way of live our freedom‚ democracy and security‚ and in recent years many lows have been granted to help keep Australia‚ its people and interest safe and secure‚ but yet stand totally disabled to do anything towards the
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Reconfiguring the Turkish Nation in the 1930s* SONER ÇAGAPTAY** This article studies Turkish nationalism during the 1930s. In this decade of Kemalism par excellence or High Kemalism‚ the rise of ethnicist nationalism in Turkey was accompanied by the ascent of the “Turkish History Thesis.” The article presents an analysis of Turkish nationalism in this era through Ankara’s population resettlement policies. Consequently‚ it examines Turkish nationalism in the 1930s through the interaction between
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the descendants of the ancient Albanians. This fact was proved by the famous Russian diplomat and playwright A.S.Griboyedov. Later‚ in 1836‚ after the second mass resettlement of Armenians in 1828-1829‚ the Russian authorities abolished Albanian Christian patriarchate and donated its property to the Armenian Church. After that when the western region of former Albania – the region of Karabakh lost its statehood and the church lost its independence‚ the local Albanian population was subjected to Gregorianization
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How successf ul was the L Successes Aaland Islands‚ 1921 Upper Silesia‚ 1921 Economic collapse in Austria & Hungary‚ 1922-3 Memel 1923 Greek-Bulgarian dispute‚ 1925 Failures Teschen 1919 Vilna‚ 1920 Corfu‚ 1923 The Successes Aaland Islands‚ 1921 Dispute over possession of the Aaland Islands between Sweden and Finland Took it to the league‚ and they decided Finland should have the islands Both countries accepted the League’s decision Upper Silesia‚ 1921 A plebiscite area with
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