Maps illustrative of the geographical and historical background of the Kosovo Crisis

The following maps are arranged by chronology

From the Roman Empire to the Massive Migrations

• The Roman Empire at its Height, 300 AD
• The First Onslaught of the Germans, Empire is Divided, 420 AD
• The Huns Sweep over Europe, 451 AD
• End of Western Empire, 476 AD
• The Avars Descend upon Europe, 600 AD
• The Slavs appear in the Balkans, 626 AD
• Bulgars and Magyars descend upon the Balkans, 737 AD

The Germanic "Holy Roman Empire" and the Balkans

• Carolingian, Bulgar and Magyar invasions, 830 AD
• Magyar Conquests: Emergence of Croat and Serb Kingdoms, 995 AD
• Early Medieval Balkan Kingdoms, 1014 AD
• Close-up of Balkan Kingdoms, 1000 AD
• Magyar Conquests of Croatia, 1125 AD

Emerging Kingdoms of the Balkans

• Byzantine Empire Recovers the Balkans, 1170 AD
• Bulgars and Serbs Emerge, 1200 AD
• The Byzantine Empire faces Disaster: The Crusade of 1210 AD
• Medieval Balkan Kingdoms, 1236 AD
• Mongols and Turks threaten the Byzantine Empire, 1300 AD
• The Serbian Empire emerges, 1362 AD

The Balkans under Turkish Hegemony

• The Fall of Albania, 1385 AD
• The Fall of Serbia, Kosovo, 1389 AD
• The Migration of the Serbs, 1390 AD
• The Fall of Bosnia, 1464 AD
• The Fall of Hungary, 1527 AD
• The Ottoman Empire Attacks Austria, 1683 AD

Reconquest of the Balkans

• Austrian Hegemony begins, 1720 AD
• The Balkans after the Napeonic Wars, 1815 AD
• The First Independence Movements in the Balkans, 1835 AD
• Serbia emerges, 1836 AD
• Russian Intervention in the Balkans, 1861 AD
• Congress of Berlin and Recognition of Balkans Independence, 1878
• The Balkan States in 1911 AD

The Balkans Wars of the Twentieth Century

• Balkans after the First Balkan War, 1912 AD
• Balkans after the Second Balkan War, 1913 AD
• Creation of Albania, 1913 AD
• Balkans after the Third Balkan War, 1919 AD
• Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, 1919 AD
• Creation of Yugoslavia, 1924 AD
• The Balkans under Axis Occupation, 1941 AD

The Balkans after the Cold War

• The Balkans in 1950 AD
• Independence of Slovenia, Macedonia, and Croatia. War in Bosnia, 1995 AD
• Serbia accepts the Dayton Peace Accords over Bosnia, 1999 AD
• Dissolution of Yugoslavia, 1994-1999 AD

The Kosovo Crisis

• The Kosovo NATO Map
• The Balkans in 1999
• Kosovo Map 1999
• Kosovo after NATO 1999