Notes

Refugees (The United Nations count at least 11 million people around the world are displaced from their lands) -- The Balkans [Invading hordes, ambitious empires, and the cultural divide between East and West have left the Balkan Peninsula with a legacy of continual conflict] -- The Ottoman Era -- The tinderbox of World War I -- World War II and its aftermath -- Hungary (Hungarians) -- Slovenia (Slovenes) -- Croatia (Croats) -- Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serbs, Bosniacs) -- Albania (Albanians) -- Yugoslavia (Serbs, Montenegrins) -- Greece (Greeks) -- Macedonia (Macedonians, Pomaks) -- Turkey (Turks, Kurds) -- Bulgaria (Bulgarians) -- Romania (Romanians).