Era of the Byzantine hegemony, 600-1355: East Romans, Slavs, and Bulgars ; The first Bulgarian empire ; Byzantium declines ; Serbia preeminent -- Era of Ottoman domination, 1355-1804: Ottoman conquest ; The Balkan peoples under the Ottomans ; Ottoman deestabilization -- Era of Romantic nationalism, 1804-1878: Revolutions and resurrected states ; Ottoman reform efforts -- Era of nation-state nationalism, 1878-1945: Early nation-states ; National conflicts ; World War I and Versailles ; The interwar years and world war II -- Era of communist domination, 1945-1991: The Greek exception ; Splits in socialism ; Communist decline and collapse

1. Balkan peninsula -- History