The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe

Description

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe is a lucid and authoritative guide to a full understanding of the complicated history of Eastern Europe. Addressing the need for a comprehensive map collection for reference and classroom use, this volume includes fifty two two-colour full page maps which are each accompanied by a facing page of explanatory text to provide a useful aid in physical geography and in an area's political development over time. The maps illustrate key moments in East European history from the Middle Ages to the present, in a way that is immediate and comprehensible. Lecturers and students will find it to be an indispensable and affordable classroom and reference tool, and general readers will enjoy it for its clarity and wealth of information. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Eastern Europe — Political, 2001....Pages 2-3 Eastern Europe — Physical....Pages 4-5 Eastern Europe — Demographic....Pages 6-7 Eastern Europe — Cultural....Pages 8-9 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 The Division of the Roman Empire, Late 3rd Century....Pages 12-13 The Barbarian Migrations, 4th–6th Centuries....Pages 14-15 The East Roman Empire under Justinian I, Mid-6th Century....Pages 16-17 Slavic and Turkic Invasions, 6th–8th Centuries....Pages 18-19 Eastern Europe, Mid-9th Century....Pages 20-21 The Rise of Bulgaria, 8th–10th Centuries....Pages 22-23 Constantinople, 10th–12th Centuries....Pages 24-25 The Balkans, Early 11th Century....Pages 26-27 The Rise of Hungary, 10th–13th Centuries....Pages 28-29 The Rise of Poland, Late 10th–13th Centuries....Pages 30-31 Eastern Europe, Mid-11th Century....Pages 32-33 The Balkans, Late 12th Century....Pages 34-35 Front Matter....Pages 37-37 The Latin Empire of Constantinople, 1214....Pages 38-39 The Rise of Serbia, 13th–14th Centuries....Pages 40-41 Eastern Europe, Mid-13th Century....Pages 42-43 Eastern Europe, Mid-14th Century....Pages 44-45 Front Matter....Pages 37-37 Prague, Mid-14th–15th Centuries....Pages 46-47 The Rise of the Ottoman Empire, 13th–15th Centuries....Pages 48-49 The Expansion of Poland, 14th–15th Centuries....Pages 50-51 Front Matter....Pages 53-53 Apex of the Ottoman Empire in Europe, Mid-16th Century....Pages 54-55 Istanbul, 16th–17th Centuries....Pages 56-57 Apex and Decline of Poland, 16th–17th Centuries....Pages 58-59 The Rise of the Habsburgs, 16th–17th Centuries....Pages 60-61 Ottoman Decline, 17th–18th Centuries....Pages 62-63 The Partitions of Poland, 1772–1795....Pages 64-65 Front Matter....Pages 67-67 Eastern Europe, 1812....Pages 68-69 Eastern Europe, 1815....Pages 70-71 The Balkans after the Serb and Greek Revolutions, 1830....Pages 72-73 Revolutions in the Austrian Empire, 1848–1849....Pages 74-75 The Balkans, 1878–1885....Pages 76-77 The Macedonian Question....Pages 78-79 The Balkans, 1908....Pages 80-81 Bosnia-Hercegovina, 1908–1914....Pages 82-83 The Balkan Wars, 1912–1913....Pages 84-85 Eastern Europe, 1914....Pages 86-87 Front Matter....Pages 88-89 Eastern Europe during World War I....Pages 67-67 Front Matter....Pages 90-91 Eastern Europe, 1923....Pages 93-93 Independent Poland, 1920–1922....Pages 94-95 Hungary after Trianon, 1920–1939....Pages 96-97 Romania after Trianon, 1920–1938....Pages 98-99 The Transylvanian Question....Pages 100-101 Versailles-Created Yugoslavia, 1921–1941....Pages 102-103 Czechoslovakia and Munich, 1920–1939....Pages 104-105 Eastern Europe during World War II, 1938–1944....Pages 106-107 Eastern Europe, 1948–1991....Pages 108-109 Wars of Yugoslav Succession, 1991–1995....Pages 110-111 The Kosovo Crisis, 1999....Pages 112-113 Back Matter....Pages 114-115 ....Pages 117-130