History of the Balkans

former state (697–1797) controlling, at various times, parts of northeastern Italy, the Balkans, and Mediterranean islands

The Ostrogoths (, ) were a Roman-era Germanic people who, in the 5th and 6th centuries, established one of the two major Gothic kingdoms within the Western Roman Empire. They drew on large Gothic populations settled in the Balkans since the 4th century and rose to prominence under Theodoric the Great, who in 493 founded the Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy after defeating Odoacer.

thumb|300px|Sarmatian cataphracts depicted on [[Trajan's Column, 2nd century CE.]]

series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and poleis of the Hellenic world in the fifth century BCE

meeting of representatives of the major European powers in 1878

Balkan international cooperation organization

political considerations of the European Great Powers generated by the growing instability of the Ottoman Empire

proposed country

overview of Slavic migrations to the Balkans

political crisis at the Balkan Peninsula during the 1870s

aspect of history

1365–1867 Ottoman province in the Balkans

1953 Greek-Turkish-Yugoslav cooperation treaty

thumb|250px|Muhacirs arriving in Istanbul crossing the [[Galata Bridge, Ottoman Empire, in 1912, with the New Mosque in the background]] Muhacir is a term referring to Ottoman Muslim citizens and their descendants born after the onset of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. Muhacirs overwhelmingly self-identified as Muslims and their numbers are estimated in the millions. The refugees from Macedonia, Bulgaria, and parts of Serbia had primarily Anatolian Turkish background. Other backgrounds included Albanians, Bosniaks, Chechens, Circassians, Crimean Tatars, Pomaks, Macedonian Muslims, Greek

1876 treaty between Austria-Hungary and Russia

secret agreement between Austria-Hungary and Russia in 1877

prehistorical period of Southeastern Europe

In Greek mythology, King Haemus (; , Haîmos) of Thrace, was the son of Boreas, the north wind.

Metaphor for the political situation of the Balkans in the early 20th century

armed Anti-Ottoman band in Ottoman Empire

two documents proposing redrawn borders of Southeast Europe