Re: Fw: [Cz-L] Please help me!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachia) is a link to an article in the Wikipedia with much good information on
Wallachia. Here's a little excerpt:

"This article is about the region in what is now Southern Romania. There are
other regions called Wallachia, such as the _Moravian Wallachia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravian_Wallachia) and the _Thessaly Wallachia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wallachia) ; See: _Vlachs#Wallachia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlachs#Wallachia) ."
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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Walachia.png)
Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow.

"Wallachia (also spelled Walachia; known as =C5=A2ara Rom=C3=A2neasc=C4=83,=
 "the Romanian Land" in _Romanian_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_language) , it is

also referred to as _Muntenia_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntenia) -
through identification with the larger of its two traditional sections) is
a
_historical_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_regions_of_Romania)
and
geographical region of _Romania_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania) ; it was
a _principality_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality) founded by
_Basarab I_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basarab_I) in the late _Middle Ages_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages) and it united with the=20
principality of _Moldavia_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldavia) (the oth=er _Danubian
Principality_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danubian_Principalities) ) to
form the state of Romania in the _19th century_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century) ."
Eytan Fichman
Received on 2006-10-17 13:37:34