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Answer
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Copper Age culture of skilled metal workers in Bulgaria
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Varna Culture
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People that came to Bulgaria at the end of the Bronze Age
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Thracians
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Kingdom formed by the above under Teres I in 460 BC
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Odrysian Kingdom
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The above kingdom was conquered by this southwestern neighbor
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Macedon
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Native of Bulgaria who led a slave revolt against Rome in 73 BC
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Spartacus
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People who settled in Bulgaria in the 5th to 6th centuries
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Slavs
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Khan of the Bulgar tribe who founded the First Bulgarian Empire in 681
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Asparuh
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Khan who made a goblet out of the skull of a Byzantine emperor
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Krum
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Khan who adopted Christianity in 864 and patronized education
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Boris I
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Tsar who conquered vast territory and beautified his capital Preslav
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Simeon I
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Under the above, Bulgaria became the birthplace of this script
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Cyrillic Script
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Byzantine emperor known as Bulgar Slayer who conquered Bulgaria in 1018
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Basil II
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Tsar who led a failed 1040-1041 uprising against the Byzantine Empire
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Peter Delyan
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Tsar who founded the Second Bulgarian Empire in 1185
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Ivan Asen I
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Tsar, son of the above, who conquered vast areas of the Balkans
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Ivan Asen II
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Empire that conquered Bulgaria in 1396 and ruled for nearly five centuries
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Ottoman Empire
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Irregular troop of the above that massacred Bulgarians during war with Russia
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Bashi-bazouk
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Name for the Bulgarian voluntary troops in the 1877-1878 war
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Opalchentsi
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Mountain pass where Russia scored a 1877 victory and liberated Bulgaria
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Shipka Pass
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Bulgaria won a 1885 war against this neighboring country
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Serbia
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Magnificent Orthodox cathedral completed in Sofia in 1912
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
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From 1912 to 1913, Bulgaria fought in two of these wars
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Balkan Wars
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Bulgaria joined the losing side in both of these wars
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World Wars
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Communist leader who led Bulgaria for 35 years as a dictator
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Todor Zhivkov
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Bulgaria joined this organization in 2007
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European Union
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