This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: Wallachia 00:01:34 1 Etymology 00:04:18 2 History 00:04:27 2.1 Ancient times 00:05:48 2.2 Early Middle Ages 00:07:43 2.3 Creation 00:09:42 2.4 1400–1600 00:09:52 2.4.1 Mircea the Elder to Radu the Great 00:14:32 2.4.2 Mihnea cel Rău to Petru Cercel 00:16:56 2.5 17th century 00:20:09 2.6 Russo-Turkish Wars and the Phanariotes 00:24:39 2.7 From Wallachia to Romania 00:24:49 2.7.1 Early 19th century 00:27:52 2.7.2 1840s–1850s 00:31:06 3 Society 00:31:15 3.1 Slavery 00:34:09 4 Geography 00:35:20 4.1 Map gallery 00:35:29 5 Population 00:35:38 5.1 Historical population 00:36:10 5.2 Current population 00:36:40 5.3 Cities 00:37:29 6 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Wallachia or Walachia (Romanian: Țara Românească pronounced [ˈt͡sara romɨˈne̯askə]; archaic: Țeara Rumânească, Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: Цѣра Рȣмѫнѣскъ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia is traditionally divided into two sections, Muntenia (Greater Wallachia) and Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia). Wallachia as a whole is sometimes referred to as Muntenia through identification with the larger of the two traditional sections. Wallachia was founded as a principality in the early 14th century by Basarab I, after a rebellion against Charles I of Hungary, although the first mention of the territory of Wallachia west of the river Olt dates to a charter given to the voivode Seneslau in 1246 by Béla IV of Hungary. In 1417, Wallachia accepted the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire; this lasted until the 19th century, albeit with brief periods of Russian occupation between 1768 and 1854. In 1859, Wallachia united with Moldavia to form the United Principalities, which adopted the name Romania in 1866 and officially became the Kingdom of Romania in 1881. Later, following the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the resolution of the elected representatives of Romanians in 1918, Bukovina, Transylvania and parts of Banat, Crișana and Maramureș were allocated to the Kingdom of Romania, forming the modern Romanian state.

• published: 03 Dec 2018
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