Post by Emperor AAdmin on Feb 7, 2005 3:51:32 GMT -5
As it does appear to be correct, the origin of 'Balkans' seems to be Turkish.
Balkan Peninsula in the ancient times was called Haimos (pronounced Hemos ) and this name would be the most apropriate name for this peninsula while the name for its populations would be Haimian (pronounced Hemian ).
Some sources that can guide us that Haimos was the original name (which sounds vastly more european by the way and it is of Hellenic origin).
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Supremacy in the Haimos Peninsula
Upon signature of the Peace of Philokrates, which officially ended the 3rd Sacred War, Philip II turned his attention to the northern and eastern borders of his kingdom. Having made of Thrace a Macedonian province, he undertook a campaign against the Scythians in the region of the Istros (Danube). His military victories and the alliances he forged enabled him to subjugate the native peoples.
Plaque depicting a Greek and a Barbarian
Olynthos, first half of 4th century BC
In 339 BC Philip was embroiled in the 4th Sacred War, while the Athenians, on the initiative of Demosthenes, endeavoured to put together an alliance against the Macedonians. The final engagement at Chaironeia in 338 BC resulted in a resounding victory of Philip's forces over the allied armies of the cities of southern Greece.
www.macedonian-heritage.gr/HellenicMacedonia/en/A1.3.3.html
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Haimos Mts,
(Haimos Mts = Haemus Mts = Balkan Mt Chain)
life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/msr/Ethno/gendate7.html
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What is the meaning of the term ‘the Balkans’?
It is quite a recent term, popularized in the early 19th century by the German geographer August Zeune. He spoke of a Balkan Peninsula analogous to, say, the Iberian Peninsula. In Bulgarian balkan means simply ‘mountain’, and in Turkish ‘steep forested mountain’. It came, however, to denote the chain of mountains which in ancient times was known as Haimos .
www.bosnia.org.uk/bosrep/report_format.cfm?articleid=689&reportid=146
Balkan Peninsula in the ancient times was called Haimos (pronounced Hemos ) and this name would be the most apropriate name for this peninsula while the name for its populations would be Haimian (pronounced Hemian ).
Some sources that can guide us that Haimos was the original name (which sounds vastly more european by the way and it is of Hellenic origin).
______
Supremacy in the Haimos Peninsula
Upon signature of the Peace of Philokrates, which officially ended the 3rd Sacred War, Philip II turned his attention to the northern and eastern borders of his kingdom. Having made of Thrace a Macedonian province, he undertook a campaign against the Scythians in the region of the Istros (Danube). His military victories and the alliances he forged enabled him to subjugate the native peoples.
Plaque depicting a Greek and a Barbarian
Olynthos, first half of 4th century BC
In 339 BC Philip was embroiled in the 4th Sacred War, while the Athenians, on the initiative of Demosthenes, endeavoured to put together an alliance against the Macedonians. The final engagement at Chaironeia in 338 BC resulted in a resounding victory of Philip's forces over the allied armies of the cities of southern Greece.
www.macedonian-heritage.gr/HellenicMacedonia/en/A1.3.3.html
_______
Haimos Mts,
(Haimos Mts = Haemus Mts = Balkan Mt Chain)
life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/msr/Ethno/gendate7.html
________
What is the meaning of the term ‘the Balkans’?
It is quite a recent term, popularized in the early 19th century by the German geographer August Zeune. He spoke of a Balkan Peninsula analogous to, say, the Iberian Peninsula. In Bulgarian balkan means simply ‘mountain’, and in Turkish ‘steep forested mountain’. It came, however, to denote the chain of mountains which in ancient times was known as Haimos .
www.bosnia.org.uk/bosrep/report_format.cfm?articleid=689&reportid=146