The Balkans : from Constantinople to Communism / Dennis P. Hupchick.

Era of Byzantine hegemony, 600-1355
East Romans, Slavs, and Bulgars ; First Bulgarian Empire ; Byzantium declines ; Serbia preeminent
Era of Ottoman domination, 1355-1804
Ottoman conquest ; Ottoman system ; Balkan peoples under the Ottomans ; Ottoman destabilization
Era of romantic nationalism, 1804-1878
Rise of romantic nationalism ; Revolutions and resurrected states ; Ottoman reform efforts ; Eastern question
Era of nation-state nationalism, 1878-1945
Early nation-states ; National conflicts ; World War I and Versailles ; Interwar years and World War II
Era of Communist domination, 1945-1991
Communist takeover ; Greek exception ; Splits in Socialism ; Communist decline and collapse.