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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_urchin who wrote (15195)	5/18/2007 4:09:47 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Re: ...but Serbia is paying a very big price for admission as a Christian country. And Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania will pay an even bigger price for being shunnned out of the EU --no fat subsidies from Brussels to revamp their highways, railroads, etc and no euro currency to shield them from hyperinflation and devaluation (remember what happened to Turkey in 2001). Re: ...because Serbia/Yugoslavia admitted the Albanians to Serbia/Yugoslavia in good faith.* Huh?! Check again and you'll see the story went the other way around: the Serbs are indeed the "guests", Slavs who emigrated southwards, displacing the native Illyrians: Ethnic origins Most scholars consider that Albanians are direct descendants of an Illyrian tribe that was named "Albanoi", which was located in modern-day Albania. Some scholars dispute this, while others claim that Albanians and Illyrians are descendants of the ancient Pelasgians, making their history go back at least 4,000 years BCE. Those who support the Illyrian-Albanian continuity theory maintain that all Illyrian tribes, except the Albanians, were assimilated or driven southwards into Albania and Greece during the Early Middle Ages after the waves of migrating barbarians. A formidable mountain homeland and resilient tribal society enabled the Albanians to survive into modern times with their identity and their Indo-European language intact. According to these scholars, the name 'Albania' is derived from the name of an Illyrian tribe called the Arbër, or Arbëreshë, and later Albanoi, that lived near Durrës. Ancient Illyria Location of IllyriaThe Illyrians were Indo-European tribesmen who appeared in the western portion of the Balkan Peninsula about 1000 B.C., a period coinciding with the end of the Bronze Age and beginning of the Iron Age. [...] en.wikipedia.org Serbia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [...] Early history Serbs settled the region by 630 AD, having been invited by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius. They were fully converted to Christianity by 865 AD. The roots of the Serbian state date back to the 7th century and the House of Vlastimirovic. A Serbian kingdom (centered around Duklja) was established in the 11th century. It lasted until the end of the 12th century. [...] en.wikipedia.org () Turkish Lira Takes Pounding: New Financial Crisis Causes Currency Value to Plunge 40% Amberin Zaman* This selection first appeared in the Los Angeles Times on 23 February 2001. Istanbul -- The Turkish currency lost more than 40 percent of its value yesterday after a political and financial crisis brought on by tumbling stock prices forced the government to abandon exchange controls. Turkey's second financial crisis in three months has sent the stock market tumbling, weakened the government of this key U.S. ally and sent jitters through emerging markets from Russia to Brazil. [...] imfsite.org