Balkans

30/03/2022 24 min Temporada 2 Episodio 60

Episode Synopsis

" Balkans - The origin of the word Balkan is obscure; it may be related to Persian bālk 'mud', and the Turkish suffix an 'swampy forest'[7] or Persian balā-khāna 'big high house'.[8] Related words are also found in Turkic languages.[9] It was used mainly during the time of the Ottoman Empire. In modern Turkish balkan means 'chain of wooded mountains'.Plovdiv and Sofia in Bulgaria

Zadar, Croatia
Athens, Argos and Chalcis in Greece
Mangalia and Constanta in Romania
Istanbul in Turkey."