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Romania, the Balkans and Turkey
By 1520 the Ottoman Empire, founded c.1300 by Sultan Osman I, controlled large portions of Asia, the Middle East, and most of southeast Europe. Austria and Russia attacked the northern fringes throughout the period, and the empire slowly collapsed in the 19th century as the Balkan nations emerged.
The Wars of the Former Yugoslavia
Your Guide narrates the bitter wars which occurred as Yugoslavia split up.
Yugoslavia
Your Guide narrates the history of the now vanished Yugoslavia.
The Srebrenica Massacre
In July 1995, seven thousand men and boys were massacred by Bosnian Serb forces.
Vlad the Impaler / Vlad III Dracula / Vlad Tepes
Vlad the Impaler - Information on Vlad the Impaler - Dracula - Tepes
Podcast: '12 Byzantine Rulers: The History of the Byzantine Empire'
A review of this excellent podcast.
Books on Balkan History
This page indexes onsite bibliographic information about Balkan history.
Books on Ottoman and Turkish History
This page indexes onsite bibliographic information about Ottoman and Turkish history.
The Ottomans
This is a marvellous site by Washington State University’s World Civilisations department, which includes glossaries, sources, pictures, biographical information, and an in depth analytical history of the Ottoman Empire.
Ustasha
A brief history of the Ustasha, Croatia's terrorist, fascist group.
Chetnik
A brief history of the Chetniks, Serbia's questionable royalist faction during World War 2.
Radovan Karadzic
Radovan Karadzic was Bosnian Serbs' civilian leader during the Wars of the Former Yugoslavia.
Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milosevic was the Serb leader who, perhaps more than any other single person, caused the Wars of the Former Yugoslavia.
Ahmici Massacre
Details of the 1993 Ahmici Massacre by Croatian forces.