MAPS OF HISTORY · HISTORY OF · Kosovo
ONE LAND · 7 ATLASES
Kosovo, on the map of history
What was Kosovo before it was Kosovo? Below, every era of this land in the Maps of History collection — who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed — each line linked to the dated map that shows it. Modern borders stand in as an honest approximation; every atlas says so on the map itself.
Dardania (mod. Kosovo) · The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476
| 264 BC | Tribal peoples & confederations — the opening position |
| AD 14 | Roman territory |
Kosovo · The Crusades, 1095–1291
| 1095 | Byzantium (and Latin Constantinople 1204–61) — the opening position |
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Kosovo · The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
| 1206 | Other settled powers (Jin China, Christendom, Delhi) — the opening position |
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Kosovo · The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848
| JUL 1789 | Neutral / uncommitted — the opening position |
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Kosovo (Serbia) · The Great War, 1914–1918
| JUL 1914 | The Entente & Allies — the opening position |
| NOV 1915 | Under Central Powers occupation |
| OCT 1918 | The Entente & Allies |
| JUN 1919 | Neutral |
| DEC 1915 | Under Central Powers occupation |
| NOV 1918 | The Entente & Allies |
Kosovo · The War Room — WW2, 1936–1945
| MAY 1941 | Axis-occupied — the opening position |
| MAY 1941 | Axis-occupied |
| MAY 1945 | Soviet Union |
Kosovo · The Cold War, 1945–1991
| AUG 1945 | Soviet-aligned states — the opening position |
| OCT 1949 | Communist, outside Moscow’s bloc |
| DEC 1991 | In upheaval / changing sides |
| MAY 1949 | Communist, outside Moscow’s bloc |
| DEC 1991 | In upheaval / changing sides |
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