Union of Bulgaria and Romania
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24 January 1859
3 March 1878 |
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The Union of Bulgaria and Romania is a Legacy Nation in the Orion Arm. A Regional Power, It is both a member of the Axis Powers and League of Nations.
History
Pre-First Scinfaxi War
The earliest evidence of human habitation of the lands on Earth that would become Bulgaria and Romania date back to at least 33,000 BCE. One of the earliest recorded societies in the lands of what was Bulgaria and Romania on Earth was the Karanovo culture, which dated back at least 6,500 BCE. From that point to the 14th century, these lands were fought over by numerous major powers in Europe such as the Romans, Hungarians, Greeks, and Macedonians.
During the 14th and 15th centuries, the Turkish Ottoman Empire invaded and conquered the Balkans, capturing the last Bulgarian settlement of Sozopol in 1453 and occupying Banat and Crișana in 1541. As a result of the Western European Enlightenment of the 18th century, nationalism began to grow in Bulgaria and Romania. In 1858, the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia united into the Kingdom of Romania. In 1876, a Bulgarian nationalist revolt was crushed by the Ottoman Empire but the crushing of the revolt led to the Russian Empire launching a war against the Ottoman Empire in 1877 and establishing a sovereign Bulgarian state in 1878.
During the Great War, Romania and Bulgaria were on opposite sides: Bulgaria in the Central Powers and Romania in the Entente. Bulgaria lost land to its neighbors, including Romania, at the end of the Great War. The resulting political unrest led to the establishment of a royal dictatorship by Tsar Boris III in Bulgaria. In Romania, similar developments took place as Carol II returned to usurp the throne and consolidate power.