The History of Eastern Europe for Beginners
- ISBN-10
- 0863162371
- ISBN-13
- 9780863162374
- Category
- History / Europe / Eastern
- Pages
- 186
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Writers and Readers Pub.
- Author
- Paul Beck
Description
Starting with World War One and going backwards and forwards in time, "The History of Eastern Europe For Beginners" gives a fast-moving, easy-to-follow guided tour through several thousand years of migration, empire, revolution, nationalism, and religion. Meet Slavs, Slovaks, Huns, Romans, Ottomans, Austro-Hungarians and a host of others; find out where Serbs and Bosnians came from; learn why Czechoslovakia split into two countries; learn everything you need to know to understand the changes and commotion in this volatile region.
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