HUMA 3816 Final: Exam One Review HUMA 3816.docx
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Balkan area has not been physically isolated from nearby regions. In the northeast, romania is exposed to the steppe regions of the ukraine, an easy invasion route from prehistoric times to the present. In the northwest, the valley of the danube and the flat hungarian plain are easy points of entry. This area, a little smaller in size than france and germany or the states of texas and. Oklahoma, is home to a dozen or more prominent ethnic groups: second, the mountains have been physical obstacles, hampering efforts at regional combination, whether political, economic or cultural. This variety of ecological niches supports various cultures in close proximity: traders, farmers, transhumant herders, forest dwellers. In general, the higher up the zone, the less productive the land, and so the upper regions of the mountains act as places of exile and refuge for defeated ethnic groups expelled from more desirable coast and valley lands.
