From Borderlines to Borderlands: A Perspective of the Frontier Issue in the Balkans
Balkan boundaries are not only linear artifacts. The areas impacted by their presence are covered by legal provisions that are thoroughly examined. Braving or enforcing regulatory frameworks, gunmen, soldiers, and policemen are powerful agents who determi
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Régis Darques
Mapping Versatile Boundaries Understanding the Balkans
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Régis Darques
Mapping Versatile Boundaries Understanding the Balkans
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Régis Darques UMR 5281 ART-Dev CNRS Montpellier France
ISSN 2194-315X Springer Geography ISBN 978-3-319-40924-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40925-2
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To my children, Théodora and Timothée
The Tonghu who were neighbours of the Hsiung-nu, asked Mao-tun to give them his best horse and then they asked him for his favorite wife. Contrary to the advice of his followers Mao-tun did as he had been asked for he wanted relations between the two peoples to remain peaceful. But when the Tonghu asked the Hsiung-nu for territory which lay fallow and Mao-tun’s followers advised him to grant that wish, Mao-tun was angry and said: “Land is the foundation of the state, so how can we give it away?” And he executed all those who had wanted him to relinquish land. Mete Han or Baghatur (Modu Chanyu or Mao-tun), founder of the Xiongnu (Hsiung-nu) nomadic Empire, 2nd century BC. Supposed ancestor of Attila the Hun. Taken from the
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