Bulgaria In Depth: A Peace Corps Publication

Bulgaria has a long and fascinating history that reaches back into antiquity. Bulgarians are proud of their history, and you will make rapid progress toward earning their respect if you are knowledgeable about it.Slavic tribes settled in the Balkan Peninsula in the sixth and seventh centuries, followed a century later by the Proto- Bulgars, who conquered the Slavic tribes and founded the first Bulgarian kingdom in 681. The kingdom reached the height of its power in the ninth century and inc...