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	Transylvania
		Transylvania (Romanian: Transilvania or Ardeal, Hungarian: Erdély, German: Siebenbürgen, Serbian: Transilvanija, Turkish: Erdel, Slovak: Sedmohradsko, Polish: Siedmiogród) is a historic region that forms the western and the central parts of Romania.
		In 1699 and 1701, Emperor Leopold I decreed Transylvania's Orthodox Church to be one with the Roman Catholic Church.
		Transylvania is represented by a lammergeier (Bearded Vulture) in the Coat of Arms of Romania.
	www.datamass.net /tr/transylvania.html (3582 words)

	EZGeography - Transylvania
		Transylvania (Romanian: Transilvania or Ardeal, Hungarian: Erdély, German: Siebenbürgen, Serbian: Transilvanija, Turkish: Erdel, Slovak: Sedmohradsko or Transylvania, Polish: Siedmiogród) is a historic region that forms the western and the central parts of Romania.
		The history of Transylvania during the early Middle Ages is difficult to ascertain due to the scarcity of reliable written or archeological evidence.
		The latter finally subdued Transylvania in 1604, and initiated a reign of terror in which he was authorised to Germanize and Catholicize the principality and appropriate the land of noblemen.
	www.ezgeography.com /encyclopedia/Transylvania (3626 words)

	TRANSYLVANIA FACTS AND INFORMATION
		Transylvania today is much larger than what is referred to historically as "Transylvania proper." Transylvania proper consisted of a 15-county (Hungarian: megye) region, covering 54,400 km² in the southeast of the former Kingdom_of_Hungary.
		Transylvania was first referred to in a Latin document in 1075 as "Ultra silvam," meaning "beyond the forest." That name was later changed to "Transylvania," which has the same meaning.
		Basta finally subdued Transylvania in 1604 and initiated a reign of terror in which he was authorised to appropriate the land of noblemen, Germanize the population, and reclaim the principality for Catholicism through the Counter_Reformation.
	www.palfacts.com /Transylvania (3985 words)

	Articles - Transylvania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Transylvania was a principality during the Middle Ages.
		Today, Transylvania is much larger than what is referred to historically as "Transylvania proper." Transylvania proper consisted of a 15-county (Hungarian: megye) region, covering 54 400 kmÂ² in the southeast of the former Hungary.
		The latter period of BÃ¡thory rule saw a four-sided conflict in Transylvania involving the Transylvanians, the Austrians, the Ottomans, and the voivod of Wallachia, Prince Michael the Brave (Mihai Viteazul in Romanian).
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	TRANSYLVANIA - History of Transylvania, demographics of Transylvania, Transylvania today.
		Transylvania was first referred to in a Latin document in 1075 as "Ultra siluam," meaning "beyond the forest." That name was later changed to "Transylvania," which has the same meaning.
		A key figure to emerge in Transylvania in the first half of the 15th century was John Hunyadi, who was of Romanian and Hungarian origin.
		The latter finally subdued Transylvania in 1604 and initiated a reign of terror in which he was authorised to appropriate the land of noblemen, Germanize the population, and reclaim the principality for Catholicism through the Counter Reformation.
	www.transylvania-tours.com /transylvania/wiki.htm (3874 words)

	Transylvania
		Transylvania comprises the regions of Maramureş, Crişana and Ardeal (proper Transylvania).
		The administration of Transylvania was in the hands of a Szeklers, and the Saxons.
		After the defeat of the Ottomans by the Austrians at Emperor Leopold I decreed Transylvania's Orthodox Church to be one with the Roman Catholic Church.
	www.med-help.info /?p=Transylvania (2577 words)

	Transylvania University
		The school is named ''Transylvania'' (Latin for "across the woods") after the heavily forested region of western Virginia that became Kentucky in 1792.
		Transylvania is also the setting for part of the famous novel ''All the King's Men'' by Robert Penn Warren.
		Transylvania (Romanian: ''Transilvania'' or ''Ardeal'', Hungarian: ''Erdély'', German: ''Siebenbürgen'', Serbian: ''Transilvanija'', Turkish: ''Erdel'', Slovak: ''Sedmohradsko'' or ''Transylvánia'', Polish: ''Siedmiogród'') is a historic region that forms the western and central parts of Romania.
	www.frozenup.com /pages9/90/transylvania-university.html (1299 words)

	Transylvania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Transylvania today is much larger than what is referred to historically as "Transylvania proper." Transylvania proper consisted of a 15-county (Hungarian: megye) region, covering 54,400 km² in the southeast of the former Kingdom of Hungary.
		Dacian Kingdom, during the rule of Burebista, 82 BC Herodotus gives an account of the Agathyrsi, who lived in Transylvania during the 5th century BC.
		After initial successes against the Russians, Bem's army was defeated decisively at the Battle of Temesvár (Timişoara) on 9 August; the surrender of Hungary followed.
	www.punweb.com /article/Transylvania (4052 words)

	Transylvania - catalogofcasinos.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Transylvania (Romanian: Transilvania or Ardeal, Hungarian: Erdély, German: Siebenbürgen, Serbian: Трансилванија / Transilvanija, Bulgarian: Трансилвания (Transilvaniya) or Седмоградско (Sedmogradsko), Седмиградско (Sedmigradsko), Turkish: Erdel, Slovak: Sedmohradsko or Transylvánia, Polish: Siedmiogród) forms the western and central parts of Romania.
		A key figure to emerge in Transylvania in the first half of the 15th century was John Hunyadi, who was of Cumanian and Magyar origin.(Her grandmothers mother probably was Romanian).
		Transylvania University - a liberal arts college in Lexington...
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