Kosovo was Illyria and Thrace in ancient times, and later became a part of the Roman Empire. At the end of the 6th century and the beginning of the 7th century, guslav people (that is, the predecessors of ethnic groups such as Serbs and Macedonians) began to migrate from the north to this area, and penetrated into Albania and Greece today (Albania and Greece are not Slavic countries, that is to say, Slavs later narrowed their territory due to ethnic migration and integration). The origin of Albanians is uncertain. It is generally believed that Albanians are descendants of ancient Illyrians. Albanian historians say that the Illyrians were driven to today's Albania and other places by the migration wave of Slavs as early as the 6th century, and take the origin of some place names in this area as evidence that Albanians have lived here for a long time. However, the historical data of the Byzantine Empire show that 1043 "Albanian" mercenaries arrived in the central part of Albania today, and some Serbian scholars also claimed that,
At that time, Kosovo was located at the intersection of Byzantine Empire and Slavic settlement. 10 14 years ago, Kosovo was controlled by Bulgarians, and in that year, Kosovo was reintegrated into Byzantium. From the end of 12 to 12 16, the Nymanian dynasty north of Kosovo annexed Kosovo.
Nimanya dynasty was the predecessor of Serbia, and Kosovo was the political and economic center of Nimanya dynasty, with Pristina as its capital. However, the ethnic composition of Nimanya dynasty is a controversial issue for historians today. Serbian scholars believe that the place was mainly Slavs at that time, but Albanian scholars believe that the first residents of Kosovo at that time were Albanians.
/kloc-in the middle of the 0/4th century, the Nimanya dynasty weakened, and at the same time, the Ottoman Empire began to invade and defeated the Serbs in the Kosovo Battle of 1389 (the actual result of this battle is still controversial). Then Kosovo gradually became a part of the Ottoman Empire.
Under Ottoman rule, Kosovo gradually became a Muslim area, and Albanians gradually appeared in some parts of Kosovo. Some Serbian scholars believe that these are immigrants from Albania, but some scholars believe that Albanians were already living in Metohija.
Kosovo was finally 19 12 when the First Balkan War ended, it was included in Serbia by the Ottoman Empire. Then Serbia joined the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia (later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) in 19 18. During World War II, the Axis Powers occupied Yugoslavia, and Kosovo was incorporated into Italy-controlled Albania. During the war, a large number of Serbs were expelled from Kosovo by Albanian armed forces.
After the war, Kosovo returned to Yugoslavia. The Tito regime established Kosovo as an autonomous region of Serbia (later changed to an autonomous province) and gave local Albanians local autonomy. Local Serbs believe that the ethnic policy implemented in Kosovo is actually discrimination against Serbs.
1989, Serbia voted to amend the Constitution, which drastically reduced the autonomy rights of Kosovo and Vojvodina. Albanians strongly protested and boycotted the next Kosovo Assembly election. Later, Albanians declared the establishment of an independent Republic of Kosovo, held their own elections and opened their own hospitals, schools and radio stations.
From 65438 to the mid-1990s, Albanian guerrillas started guerrilla warfare against Serbian military and political figures and facilities. From 65438 to1March 1998, the Yugoslav army began to assist the Serbian police in large-scale military operations. In the next few months, 200,000 Albanians were displaced and became refugees during the military operations in Yugoslavia. Albanians and the west generally believe that this is the result of Yugoslavia's ethnic cleansing policy, and Serbian leader Milosevic tried to change the main ethnic group in Kosovo from Albanians to Serbs. At the same time, thousands of non-Albanians (including Serbs and Roma) have become refugees. 1On March 24th, 999, NATO began to bomb Serbia, and the Kosovo war started. NATO said that the purpose of the war was to ensure that Albanian refugees could return home, but the war also caused hundreds of thousands of Albanians and Serbs to flee their homes. After the war, Albanians returned home in large numbers, but a large number of Serbian refugees were unwilling to return to Kosovo.
After the war, Kosovo was handed over to NATO, and later NATO handed over its jurisdiction to the United Nations. The United States and some other western countries support Kosovo's independence, and US President Bush publicly expressed this position when he visited Albania in 2007. However, Russia and Serbia disagree.
On February 6, 2008, Kosovo Prime Minister Thaci declared Kosovo's independence from Serbia. Congress will adopt the declaration of independence. However, Kosovo still belongs to Serbia in name. The Serbian government has declared that it will never give up Kosovo's sovereignty and is prepared to take a number of sanctions, but promised never to use force to prevent Kosovo's independence. However, Russia, Serbia's ally, insisted on opposing independence, and said that it would ask the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting to declare Kosovo's independence invalid and prevent Kosovo from joining the UN.
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