A History of Serbia: The Powder Keg That Haunted the Balkans for 1,500 Years

Name: A History of Serbia: The Powder Keg That Haunted the Balkans for 1,500 Years
Author: Harold Temperley

塞尔维亚史：困扰巴尔干半岛一千五百年的火药桶

by Harold Temperley (哈罗德·坦珀利)

Status: Completed
Length: 243k Words
Genre: Historical
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A History of Serbia recounts the tangled history of Serbia, which has troubled the Balkan Peninsula for fifteen hundred years.

In the 6th century, how did the South Slavs’ southward invasion of the Byzantine Empire first ignite the Balkan powder keg?

How did they go on to establish independent principalities such as Serbia and Slovenia?

What was the connection between the Ottoman Empire’s northward advance into the Balkans and the fall of the Serbian Empire?

Why did the Battle of Kosovo determine the fate of the entire Balkan Peninsula?

How did the Ottoman Empire rule Serbia?

How did Serbia win independence through a great national uprising?

How did the Russo-Turkish War and the signing of the Treaty of Berlin balance the great powers’ competing interests in the Balkans?

How did the Macedonian uprising, the Balkan League, and the decisive battle against the Ottoman Empire shape the course of Balkan history?

Why is the author convinced that Serbia’s strategic position means the Balkan powder keg will be ignited again?

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