history of science
Romania
This country is indeed placed at the crossroad of Central Europe (Mittel Europa).
Transylvania (Brasov, Timisoara) was in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The
Kingdom of Romania was created in 1859, and became independent of the
Ottoman Empire in 1877. Present day Romania is a sovereign country of nearly
20 millions of inhabitants. Somewhat as a gross simplification, we could say that it
is a ‘‘Danubian’’ country with a Latin language, which is surrounded by countries