Historical regions (or historical areas ) are geographical regions which, at some point in history, had a cultural , ethnic , linguistic or political basis, regardless of latter-day borders. There are some historical regions that can be considered as "active", for example: Moravia , which is held by the Czech Republic , is both a recognized part of the country as well as a historical region. They are used as delimitations for studying and analysing social development of period -specific cultures without any reference to contemporary political, economic or social organisations.
4-608: Liauda , also known as Kaunas Region , is a historical region centred around Liaudė river on the north from city of Kaunas , and located between Nemunas , Neris and Dubysa rivers. The region is located within modern borders of Lithuania . It borders historical regions of Samogitia , Suvalkija and Vilnius . Its area is approximately 6500 km (2509.7 square miles). The region's borders are characterized by place names ending in -gala , such as Ariogala , Betygala , Baisogala , Gimbogala [ lt ] , Ramygala , Vandžiogala . The Lithuanian signatory of Act of
8-454: Is understood by the contemporary world, bound to and often blinded by its own worldview - e.g. the focus on the nation-state. Definitions of regions vary, and regions can include macroregions such as Europe , territories of traditional sovereign states or smaller microregional areas . Geographic proximity is generally the required precondition for the emergence of a regional identity . In Europe, regional identities are often derived from
12-631: The Migration Period but for the contemporary era are also often related to the territorial transformations that followed World War I and those that followed the Cold War . Some regions are entirely invented, such as the Middle East , which was popularised in 1902 by a military strategist , Alfred Thayer Mahan , to refer to the area of the Persian Gulf . This article about geography terminology
16-542: The Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania , Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas states that three important persons of Lithuanian history originated from Liauda: Mikalojus Daukša , Czesław Miłosz , and Józef Piłsudski . Historical region The fundamental principle underlying this view is that older political and mental structures exist which exercise greater influence on the spatial-social identity of individuals than
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