Thrace or Thrake is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Aegean Sea to the south, and the Meer weergeven

The word Thrace was first used by the Greeks when referring to the Thracian tribes, from ancient Greek Thrake (Θρᾴκη), descending … Meer weergeven

Ancient and Roman history
The indigenous population of Thrace was a people called the Thracians, divided into numerous tribal groups. Of the firsts to take control of Thracia, in part or whole, were the Achaemenian Persians late into the Meer weergeven

The Trakiya Heights in Antarctica "are named after the historical region." Meer weergeven

Borders
The historical boundaries of Thrace have varied. The ancient Greeks employed the term "Thrace" to refer to all of the territory which lay north of Thessaly inhabited by the Thracians, a region which "had no definite boundaries" … Meer weergeven

• Orpheus was, in Ancient Greek mythology, the chief representative of the art of song and playing the lyre.
• Protagoras was a Greek philosopher from Abdera, Thrace (c. 490–420 … Meer weergeven

• 1989 expulsion of Turks from Bulgaria
• Celtic settlement of Eastern Europe
• Dacia
• Dardania
• Destruction of Thracian Bulgarians in 1913 Meer weergeven