The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey
by D. G. Hogarth David Mitrany Arnold Toynbee Nevill Forbes
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1915]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (51)
- The Balkans
- A HISTORY OF BULGARIA—SERBIA—GREECE—RUMANIA—TURKEY
- MAPS
- PREFACE
- BULGARIA AND SERBIA
- 1 Introductory
- 2 The Balkan Peninsula in Classical Times 400 B.C.–A.D. 500.
- 3 The Arrival of the Slavs in the Balkan Peninsula, A.D. 500–650
- BULGARIA
- 4 The Arrival of the Bulgars in the Balkan Peninsula, 600–700
- 5 The Early Years of Bulgaria and the Introduction of Christianity, 700–893
- 6 The Rise and Fall of the First Bulgarian Empire, 893–972
- 7 The Rise and Fall of ‘Western Bulgaria’ and the Greek Supremacy, 963–1186
- 8 The Rise and Fall of the Second Bulgarian Empire, 1186–1258
- 9 The Serbian Supremacy and the Final Collapse, 1258–1393
- 10 The Turkish Dominion and the Emancipation, 1393–1878
- 11 The Aftermath, and Prince Alexander of Battenberg, 1878–86
- 12 The Regeneration under Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, 1886–1908
- 13 The Kingdom, 1908–13
- SERBIA
- 14 The Serbs under Foreign Supremacy, 650–1168
- 15 The Rise and Fall of the Serbian Empire and the Extinction of Serbian Independence, 1168–1496
- 16 The Turkish Dominion, 1496–1796
- 17 The Liberation of Serbia under Kara-George (1804–13) and Miloš Obrenović (1815–30): 1796–1830
- 18 The Throes of Regeneration: Independent Serbia, 1830–1903
- 19 Serbia, Montenegro, and the Serbo-Croats in Austria-Hungary, 1903–8
- 20 Serbia and Montenegro, and the two Balkan Wars, 1908–13 (cf. Chap, 13)
- GREECE
- 1 From Ancient to Modern Greece
- 2 The Awakening of the Nation
- 3 The Consolidation of the State
- RUMANIA: HER HISTORY AND POLITICS
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Formation of the Rumanian Nation
- 3 The Foundation and Development of the Rumanian Principalities
- 4 The Phanariote Rule
- 5 Modern Period to 1866
- 6 Contemporary Period: Internal Development
- 7 Contemporary Period: Foreign Affairs
- 8 Rumania and the Present War
- TURKEY
- 1 Origin of the Osmanlis
- 2 Expansion of the Osmanli Kingdom
- 3 Heritage and Expansion of Byzantine Empire
- 4 Shrinkage and Retreat
- 5 Revival
- 6 Relapse
- 7 Revolution
- 8 Balkan War
- 9 The Future
- INDEX
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