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Monthly Archives: September 2016
Dubrovnik-knacks – The Kodak-y moment
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I shortened the previous post promising a serious discussion followed by my walk with the three women around the city’s walls. First, the Jews. Dubrovnik occupies a strategically important spot – particularly for traders plying the Adriatic and Mediterranean. A …
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Dubrovnik-knacks and seeking a Kodak-y moment – part 2
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A bit of a city walk. Dubrovnik differs from the many European cities that have long pedestrian streets in the sense that, for the most part, the entirety of the old city itself is a pedestrian only zone. Almost none …
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Dubrovnik-knacks and seeking a Kodak-y moment
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If you’re a fan of the HBO production of Game of Thrones (which I have never seen) when I mention Dubrovnik, an image like this or even like this: will help you picture Dubrovnik. For those who don’t know, Dubrovnik …
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No holding back, Islam comes to the Balkans – part 2
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The inexorable Ottoman march continued with their execution of King Stjepan Tomasevic of Bosnia in 1463 and the conquest of Albania by 1468. The Croatians held on a bit longer conceding some of their territory when much of their nobility …
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No holding back, Islam comes to the Balkans
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By the end of the previous essay, I’d broadly covered the wall of time from a few centuries BCE until about the middle of the 11th century and, I hope, painted a mural that, while lacking in detail, provided a …
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