The Balkans: A Brief Overview from Beginning to the End

By History Encounters

History Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from The Balkans to expand reader horizons for readers to be best informed.

The Balkan peninsula’s history is riddled with wars and different conquerors. Most of what happened to the people of the Balkan peninsula is due to their geographical location. There were internal and external wars, causing not only the conquerors anguish, but the Balkan people as well. But as history goes, things get better for the Balkans.

Learning about history will keep you perceptive and make sure to not repeat mistakes that others made in the past. The different stories in this series will show the readers that history should not just be seen from one perspective, but from the different eyes of the groups of people involved. You never know, you might finally understand their choices, their actions and their reactions.

In this historical series, you will discover:

• The history of different countries and cultures
• The inner workings of major historical turning points in different countries.
• Different perspectives of major events in history
• The reasons behind different wars or battles throughout history

These historical series are for anyone who wants to learn fun, exciting and influential facts of what happened years before their time. Do you want to learn history through a multitude of different eyes? 

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Ched
• Release date: Jan 31, 2024
• ISBN: 9791223002001

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CONTENTS

Part One: Editor Foreword

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two:  Geography

Chapter Three: The Greek and Roman Epoch

Chapter Four:  History After the Greeks and Romans

Chapter Five:  East Balkan Region

Chapter Six: Central Balkan Region

Chapter Seven: West Balkan Region

Chapter Eight: Introduction to Slavic Christianity

Chapter Nine: Introduction to Islam

Chapter Ten: Historical Politics (1856-1878)

Chapter Eleven: Ottoman Rule Over The Balkans

Chapter Twelve: Wars

Chapter Thirteen: Current Balkan Art

Chapter Fourteen: Conclusion

Chapter Fifteen: Discussion Question

Chapter Sixteen: Quiz Question

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Chapter One

Introduction

When someone says history, more often than not, a lot of people would think of war, culture, and religion. The Balkans’ history is no exception to this thinking. The people in the Balkan peninsula experienced all these, but not in a peaceful way. From the get-go, they were at a disadvantage geographically. While most places can rely on their terrain for protection, the Balkan peninsula had no such privilege. This makes them an easy target for invaders. And as you read through this, you will see that many of the invaders took advantage of their lack of terrain protection.

Before the invaders came, there were different groups and regions in the Balkan peninsula. These cultural groups and areas were divided geographically: the Eastern Balkan, the Central Balkan, and the Western Balkan. These groups and regions helped historians to identify the origins of the people who lived in the Balkan peninsula.

The first invaders that came were the Greeks, who were followed closely by the Romans. The Greeks came in peacefully, but the Romans took the Balkan lands for themselves to conquer. The Romans were able to keep their hold of the Balkan peninsula for a lot longer than the Greeks. However, it came with a lot of