The word Thrace was first used by the Greeks when referring to the Thracian tribes, from ancient Greek Thrake (Θρᾴκη), descending from Thrāix (Θρᾷξ). It referred originally to the Thracians, an ancient people inhabiting

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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" and to which

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Most of the Bulgarian and Greek population are Orthodox Christians, while most of the Turkish inhabitants of Thrace are Sunni Muslims.
Ancient Greek mythology
Ancient Greek mythologyprovides the Thracians with a mythical

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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

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

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• 1989 expulsion of Turks from Bulgaria
• Celtic settlement of Eastern Europe
• Dacia

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• 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 BC.) An expert in rhetoricsand subjects connected to virtue and political life, often regarded as the

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