When was romania founded

The number of Romanians and individuals with ancestors born in Romania living abroad is estimated at around 12 million. After the Romanian Revolution of , a significant number of Romanians emigrated to other European countries, North America or Australia. For example, in , 96, Romanians permanently settled abroad. Romania has no official religion, but the overwhelming majority of the population are Orthodox Christians. In Romanian society, there are a number of problems caused by the growth of aggressive chauvinism and xenophobia.

In , he officially invited the President of Moldova Voronin to unite in a single state. The consequence of this problem is a certain level of glorification of the Romanian fascism of the times of the dictator Antonescu, which again was largely due to the public support of this process by the former president of the country. To these problems one should also add a high degree of anti-Roma sentiments and tensions with the Hungarian minority. There is now a large interest in topics centered on political insignia, ceremonials and rituals, discourses and political vocabulary, and representations.

There is also a change of perspective on the medieval sources. The new trend insists on the particular circumstances in which each source was created and on the strong link between the context and the characters involved in the creation of the document.

In parallel, Romanian historians continue the work of publication of medieval collections started in the 19th century. The main collection is the Documenta Romaniae Historica, gathering the documents issued by medieval chancelleries.

There are three different series A. Moldavia; B. Wallachia, and C. Other important collections are Foreign Travellers in Romanian Principalities, which gathers texts about Wallachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania in 14th—18th c. The study of Romanian medieval history could open many directions of research.

Transylvania is also an interesting case due to its mixed ethnical structures and relative autonomy. The relations of the three principalities with the Ottoman Empire are also interesting case studies as each of the realms share a similar goal the preservation of their autonomy and identity. Finally, examining the textual sources in dialog with the material evidence could yield additional avenues of inquiry into the specificities of local developments among the Romanian principalities, and their networked position in the period between the 13th and 17th centuries.

Further Reading Boia, Lucian. History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness. Budapest: Central European University Press, The book questions many exaggerations and over-interpretations of the communist historiography but the part concerning the Middle Ages lacks consistency as the author seems to ignore both important documents and historiographical works.

Coman, Marian. Power and Territory: Medieval Wallachia in 14thth century. Iasi: Polirom, This book thoroughly examines the internal developments of the Wallachian state during the 14thth centuries, and proposes a significant change of perspective with respect to previous historiography.

Georgescu, Vlad. Approximate date of pottery dated to the Neolithic Age that is found in all regions of Romania. Thracian tribes of Indo-European origin, who migrated from Asia, occupied the actual territory of Romania. A distinctive Thracian sub-group emerged in what is now Romania. The Greeks called these people Getae, but to the Romans they were Dacians.

Herodotus called them "the fairest and most courageous of men" because they believed in the immortality of the soul and were not afraid to die. Greeks arrived and settled near the Black Sea. Western-style civilization developed significantly. Dacian king Burebista controlled the territory of modern-day Romania.

Burebista created a powerful Dacian kingdom. Dacia is a province of the Roman Empire. Dacians gradually adopt numerous elements of the conquerors' language. After fighting off the barbarian Goths, most Roman troops abandon Dacia. The local population — Romanians - were the only Latin people in the eastern part of the former Roman Empire and the only Latin people to belong to the Orthodox faith. However, he was unpopular with conservatives and in he was overthrown. Prince Carol replaced him.

In Romania became a kingdom with Carol I its king. In Romania took Transylvania from Hungary. Bessarabia, which was taken by the Russians in became part of Romania again. As a result, Romania increased greatly in size and its population increased from about 7. In the Western powers recognized the changes by the Treaty of Trianon.

The s were an era of political instability in Romania with many different governments. Finally, in the king banned political parties and introduced a royal dictatorship in Romania. In Stalin forced Romania to surrender the eastern province of Bessarabia to Russia. Furthermore, Hitler forced the Romanians to give Northern Transylvania to Hungary and to give other territories to Bulgaria. As a result of giving away so much territory, King Carol became very unpopular and he was forced to abdicate in favor of his son Michael.

However, Michael had little power. Marshal Ion Antonescu made himself a fascist dictator of Romania and he called himself Conducator or leader. Finally, on 23 August Antonescu was removed in a coup. Romania then changed sides and declared war on Germany.

By the end of October Germans and Hungarians were driven out of Transylvania, which became part of Romania again. However after the war Russian troops were stationed in Romania, which made a Communist takeover inevitable.

The Russians also took Bessarabia again. The Communists took key posts and in December the king was forced to abdicate. In February other left-wing parties merged with the Communist Party and a totalitarian regime was introduced in Romania. Industries were nationalized.