Ethnically the Slavs possess little unity, for they have mixed for centuries with other peoples, including Turko-Tatars, Finnic peoples, Germans, Mongols, Greeks, and Illyrian tribes. The Bulgarians are not of Slavic origin.ources on the history of the ancient Slavs, the ancestors of the modern Slavic peoples, include archaeological and linguistic data, the writings of such Greco-Roman and Byzantine historians as Pliny the Elder, Tacitus, Ptolemy, Jordanes, and Pro-copius of Caesarea, and early medieval chronicles.
The Garden State. The official nickname for New Jersey is The Garden State. The origin of the nickname is hazy at best. Quote from the official New Jersey website: Alfred M. Heston, in his two-volume work, Jersey Waggon Jaunts (published in 1926), credits Abraham Browning of Camden with coining the name at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia on New Jersey Day in 1876.
New Jersey has a long and distinguished history that dates back far before the American Revolution in which the state played a pivotal role. Also known as the Garden State, New Jersey has been a center for high-tech industry and invention throughout its existence. Originally settled by Native Americans, New Jersey has welcomed waves of immigrants, from the Dutch and English in the 1600s to Asians and Latin Americans today. Read More.