Balkan Maps Throughout History. Interactive World History Atlas since 3000 BC Follow us World History Maps Timelines. The empire disintegrated after World War I.
But the real upheaval throughout the Balkans comes in the early 13th century after the capture of Constantinople by the fourth crusade. Although not part of the USSR Yugoslavia was an alternative interesting experiment in social engineering based on the communist principles laid down by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848Originally named the Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes the country was formed in 1918 under the rule of the Serb dynastic king Peter I. Historical and Political Maps of the Balkan States.
For old maps showing the history of the Balkans that is maps made over 70 years ago please see category Old maps of the Balkans.
Extending to the south from central Europe into the Mediterranean Sea the Balkan Peninsula colored dark gray in the map above includes the countries of Albania Bosnia Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Greece Macedonia Montenegro Romania Serbia Slovenia and the geographicalpolitical region of European Turkey. This fact was of vital importance in the history of Serbia and even today is still held in Serbia. By Joaquín de Salas Vara de Rey 14 maps. The Venetians establish settlements along the coast.
