Download Episode!   In the 1780s, Emperor Joseph II attempted in vain to single-handedly drag the Habsburg Empire into the modern era.   Theme Music – “Charlotte” by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under CC BY 4.0   Main Maps Page   Patreon

Download Episode! Today, we introduce the Habsburg Empire and take a tour round it.   The History of Byzantium   Theme Music – “Charlotte” by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under CC BY 4.0   Main Maps Page   Patreon

Download Episode! In 1912-13, the Balkan states trounced the Ottomans one last time, before turning on each other over the spoils. Theme Music – “Charlotte” by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Main Maps Page Patreon

Download Episode! Today, we open the final chapter in the Balkans before the Great War, taking a tour round what's left of Ottoman territory in Europe before seeing how the Balkan nation-states competed over it. [caption id="attachment_194" align="alignnone" width="800"] Ethnic Map of Macedonia from the Bulgarian point of view. Author: Th. Weinreb / Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Macedonia_-_Point_of_View_of_the_Bulgarians.jpg[/caption] [caption id="attachment_195" align="alignnone" width="800"] Ethnic Map of Macedonia from the Serbian point of view. Author: Th. Weinreb / Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Macedonia_-_Point_of_View_of_the_Serbs.jpg[/caption]   Theme Music – “Charlotte” by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Main Maps Page Patreon

Download Episode! Serbia gets used to its new King as Europe sets the stage for World War I. Theme Music – “Charlotte” by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under CC BY 4.0

Download Episode! King Alexander I ascended the Serbian throne at the age of 12 in 1889. He didn't know it, but he was to be the last of the Obrenović dynasty..... Theme Music – “Charlotte” by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under CC BY 4.0

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Download Episode! So Serbia is now independent, and instead of just a Prince, it now has a King. OK. Now what? Theme Music – “Charlotte” by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under CC BY 4.0

Download Episode! The second half of the great war of the 1870s in the Balkans. Maps page including new map for 1878 here. Theme Music – “Charlotte” by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under CC BY 4.0

Download Episode! Today, we enter the most important event in Serbia's history since the Second Uprising, as the Principality goes to war with the Ottomans again. Theme Music – “Charlotte” by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under CC BY 4.0