The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe [Paperback]

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.Preface General Key to the Maps INTRODUCTORY MAPS Eastern Europe-Political, 1996 Eastern Europe-Physical Eastern Europe-Demographic Eastern Europe-Cultural PART I: EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD (to the 13th Century) The Division of the Roman Empire, Late 3rd Century The Barbarian Migrations, 4th-6th Centuries The East Roman Empire under Justinian I, Mid-6th Century Slavic and Turkic Invasions, 6th-8th Centuries Eastern Europe, Mid-9th Century The Rise of Bulgaria, 8th-10th Centuries Constantinople, 11th Century The Balkans, Early 11th Century The Rise of Hungary, 10th-13th Centuries The Rise of Poland, Late 10th-13th Centuries Eastern Europe, Mid-11th Century The Balkans, Late 12th Century PART II: LATE MEDIEVAL PERIOD (13th-15th Centuries) The Latin Empire of Constantinople, 1214 The Rise of Serbia, 13th-14th Centuries Eastern Europe, Mid-13th Century Eastern Europe, Mid-14th Century Prague, Mid-14th-15th Centuries The Rise of the Ottoman Empire, 13th-15th Centuries The Expansion of Poland, 14th-15th Centuries PART III: EARLY MODERN PERIOD (16th-18th Centuries) Apex of the Ottoman Empire, Mid-16th Century Istanbul, 16th-17th Centuries Apex and Decline of Poland, 16th-17th Centuries The Rise of the Habl³(