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.
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia. 2450 S Milledge Ave, Garden Club Headquarters. Athens, GA 30605. The State Botanical Garden of Georgia is a 313 acres botanical garden with a conservatory operated by the University of Georgia. It is a âliving laboratoryâ for university students and faculty who utilize the collections and natural plant communities for studies in a variety of disciplines.