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

The history of the Balkans covers the formation, development, and foreign and domestic policies of five countries – Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Romania, and Turkey. By examining the territorial and political formations on the peninsula, the authors trace the origin and formation of the national composition of the countries, their Christianization, periods of rise, strengthening, decline, expansions, and rebirth under different rulers, periods of revolutions and wars up to World War I.