History of the Balkans. Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Turkey. From the Establishment of the State to World War I

The history of the Balkans encompasses the establishment, development, and foreign and domestic policies of five countries - Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Romania, and Turkey. When examining the territorial-political formations on the peninsula, the authors trace the origins and formation of the national composition of the countries, their Christianization, periods of rise, strengthening, decline, expansions, and again revival under various rulers, periods of revolutions and wars up to World War I.