Balkans history map index

Paleolithic people from Asia 40,000 - 35,000 BC
Paleolithic peoples from Middle east 25,000 - 20,000 BC
Mesolithic 10,000 - 7,000 BC
Early Neolithic 6,500 BC
Middle Neolithic 6,000 BC
Developed Neolithic 5,500 BC
Late Neolithic 5,000 BC
Early Eneolithic 4,500 BC
Middle Eneolithic 4,000 BC
Late Eneolithic 3,500 BC
Eneolithic-Bronze age transition 3000 BC
Early Bronze age 2,500 BC
Middle Bronze age 1,800 BC
Late Bronze age 1,400 BC
Transition to Iron age ~1,000BC
Transition to Iron age 1,000 to 800 BC
First Greek city states, 7th BC
Further Greek cities, 6th BC
Persian empire, 5th BC
Macedon empire into Thrace, 4th BC
Celtic invasions, 3rd BC
First Germanic peoples, 2nd BC
Dacia empire, 1st BC
Romans enter the Balkans, late 1st BC
Roman Empire invades Illyria, 1st AD
Romans invade Dacia, 2nd AD
Visigoths arrive, early 3rd AD
Romans leave Dacia, late 3rd AD
Huns arrive, Roman splits to East & West Empires, 4th AD
Hun Empire, early 5th AD
End of the Hun Empire, late 5th AD
Slavic migration, 6th AD
Slav Moravia founded, early 7th AD
First Bulgar state, late 7th AD
Danube Bulgaria, 8th AD
1st Bulgar Empire, early 9th AD
Magyar tribes arrive, late 9th AD
Croatia and Hungary founded, early 10th AD
Magyar settle in Transylvania, late 10th AD
Cumans, early 11th AD
Bulgaria falls to Byzantium & Patzinaks enter, late 11th AD
Szeklers to Transylvania, early 12th AD
Rascia (Serbia) and Bosnia founded, Slavic 2nd Bulgarian empire, late 12th AD
Mongols devastate Magyars and Cumans, early 13th AD
Serb take Macedonia, Wallachia founded, late 13th AD
Serbian empire, Ottoman Empire, early 14th AD
Ottomans take Macedonia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Moldavia founded, late 14th AD
Wallachia under Ottomans, early 15th AD
Ottomans invade Serbia & Bosnia, late 15th AD
Ottomans invade Hungary & “trisection”, 16th AD
17th AD
Austrian “Habsburg” take Hungary & Transylvania, 18th AD
Expansion of Russia, early 19th AD
Decline of Ottoman, Romania created, late 19th AD
Hungary independent, early 20th AD
Post Balkan war, 20th AD