Eastern europe
history of a cultural crossroads
Eastern Europe's Location between Asia and the rest of europe shared hits history. many groups migrated into the region, creating great diversity.
cultures meet
Eastern europe is a place where various culturas cross paths
empires and kingdoms
ancient Rome held the balkan península, Bulgaria, Romania, and parts of Hungary.
after the Roman empire was split, the the byzantine empire held onto those lands for centurias
turmoil in the 20th Century
many wanted their own nation-states, even though few had a history of sele-rule
war after war
in 1912, Greece, Bulgaria, and serbia went to a war against the ottomans, who Lost most of their remining european territory.
recent changes
the soviet union controles Eastern europe for four decades.
late 1980s, the soviet union Gad sever economic problems, and a new leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, was making reforms
developing economy
Eastern europe was traditionally been a farming region
idustry
the govermment owned all factores and told them what to produce
it was inefficient
lingering problems
Eastern European nations have had trouble making economic progress
a patchwork culture
Eastern europe contains a variety of ethnic groups, the region as a whole is a patchwork of different languores and religions.
cultural diversity
the numbrer of languores make it dificult to unify the region.
in some places, the national languages is most closely realated to a Language sopken in a different region.
folk art
religious belif, rural customes, and byzantine art have all influencia Eastern european folk art.
moving toward modern time
major challenges
less urban development
Eastern europe is much less urban than rest of europe.
Conflict
many Eastern europeans have fierce loyalties to their own ethnic groups
it can be a Conflict
democracy
it need to overcome old hartes and work together.
needs to accept democratic ideals such as the rule of las