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    History of the Balkans

    The Balkans and parts of this area may also be placed in Southeastern, Southern, Eastern Europe and Central Europe. The distinct identity and fragmentation of the Balkans owes much to its common and often turbulent history regarding centuries of Ottoman conquest and to its very mountainous geography. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    The Balkan Peninsula, as defined geographically, by the Danube-Sava-Kupa line. The Balkans and parts of this area may also be placed in Southeastern, Southern, Eastern Europe and Central Europe.The distinct identity and fragmentation of the Balkans owes much to its common and often turbulent history regarding centuries of Ottoman conquest and to its very mountainous geography.
  3. britannica.com

    Jan 14, 2025Archaeological evidence indicates that the Balkans were populated well before the Neolithic Period (New Stone Age; about 10,000 years ago). At the dawn of recorded history, two Indo-European peoples dominated the area: the Illyrians to the west and the Thracians to the east of the great historical divide defined by the Morava and Vardar river ...
  4. en.wikipedia.org

    The Balkans (/ ˈ b ɔː l k ən z / BAWL-kənz, / ˈ b ɒ l k ən z / BOL-kənz [1]), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula (Peninsula of Haemus, Haemaic Peninsula), is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. [2] [3] [4] The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains (Haemus Mountains) that stretch throughout the whole ...
  5. sovereignlimits.com

    The political history of the Balkans is even more complicated than its geography, with major players over the centuries including the Greeks, Ottomans, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Soviets. Its cultural and religious history is even more difficult. Today, the region is not known for its peace and stability.
  6. Originally published as: History of the Balkan Peninsula, 1922 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2018-12-04 10:11:33 Associated-names Schevill, Ferdinand, 1868-1954. History of the Balkan Peninsula; Mazal Holocaust Collection; Rogers D. Spotswood Collection Bookplateleaf 0004 ...
  7. britannica.com

    Jan 14, 2025Balkans - Nation-Building, Ethnic Conflict, Yugoslavia: While the 18th century in the Balkans was dominated by the steady decline of Ottoman power, the outstanding feature of the 19th century was the creation of nation-states on what had been Ottoman territory. Because the emergence of national consciousness and the creation of nation-states were conditioned by local factors, each nation ...
  8. thoughtco.com

    May 18, 2024History of the Balkan Peninsula . Geographers and politicians divide the Balkan peninsula in a variety of ways due to its complicated history. The root cause of this is that several Balkan countries were once part of the former country of Yugoslavia, which formed at the end of World War II and separated into distinct countries in 1992.
  9. historyworld.net

    The advance of the Ottoman turks into the Balkans begins with their capture of Gallipoli in 1354. By 1389 they are in control of Serbia, and by 1393 of Bulgaria. Greece is evidently their next prey. But a reprieve is provided by the arrival of Timur in Anatolia in 1402. The Turks are soon back in the Balkans, and the task of defending central Europe against them falls chiefly upon the Hungarians.
  10. Dec 7, 2023The rise and fall of the Roman Empire was a socio-political process with enormous ramifications for human history. The Middle Danube was a crucial frontier and a crossroads for population and cultural movement. Here, we present genome-wide data from 136 Balkan individuals dated to the 1 st millennium CE. Despite extensive militarization and ...
  11. cambridge.org

    A lthough this volume of balkan history commences formally at the beginning of the twentieth century, the reader should be aware of the immense influence of past events, including those of classical and medieval times, on contemporary developments. For example, the modern Greek and Romanian national movements look back for inspiration to ancient Greece and Rome.
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