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From 1659, the rulers elected are mostly scions of Greek families, and increasingly less linked to the original Moldavian ruling family. The process reached its peak with the called Phanariote period (1715-1859), where, between the rulers, there was already no connection (or a very distant one) with the dynasty of Bogdan-Musat. Various dynasties
History of Moldova. The history of Moldova can be traced to the 1350s, when the Principality of Moldavia, the medieval precursor of modern Moldova and Romania, was founded. The principality was a vassal of the Ottoman Empire from 1538 until the 19th century.
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History of Moldova, a survey of the notable events and people in the history of Moldova, from ancient times to the present. Bessarabia—the name often given to the region of historical Moldavia between the Dniester and Prut rivers—has a long and stormy history. Part of Scythia in the 1st millennium.
Scenery in Moldova, with Nistru River ( Dniester) Moldova is a landlocked country situated in Eastern Europe, on the northeastern corner of the Balkans in the Black Sea Basin, between latitudes 45° and 49° N, and mostly between meridians 26° and 30° E (a small area lies east of 30°).
Moldova - Soviet Union, Independence, Republic: Bessarabia—the name often given to the region of historical Moldavia between the Dniester and Prut rivers—has a long and stormy history. Part of Scythia in the 1st millennium bce, Bessarabia later came marginally under the control of the Roman Empire as part of Dacia. Lying on one of the principal land routes into Europe, it was invaded by ...
Prehistory. Archaelogical finds have indicated that humans were present at least 800,000 years ago in the area that is now Moldova. The oldest artifacts to date were found near the town of Dubasari, on the Dniester river: three paleolithic stone tools made from sandstone, and four flint pieces. 1. Other cultures lived in the area at later dates ...
Nowadays Moldova is an independent country which occupies most of what has been known earlier as Bessarabia. For the first time Moldova is mentioned as a state in historical sources in 1359. At that time voevod (thus were called the rulers of the country at the time) Bogdan and Moldovan ancestors, called vlachs, settled at Eastern Subcarpathia.
