As you know, Kosovo and Serbia on the Balkan Peninsula, known as the "European powder keg", have recently made trouble again, and there is a growing trend, the cause is very simple, Kosovo wants independence, Serbia resolutely does not allow it, many people do not understand this, about the territory, we often say that such and such a place, since ancient times belongs to the continent, however, this sentence does not apply to Kosovo, Kosovo since ancient times belongs to who can really say bad!
It is briefly mentioned here that the main population of Kosovo is Albanian, and it declared its independence as early as 2008, but it is not recognized by mainstream countries in the world and Serbia.
Let's take a brief look at Kosovo's historical inhabitants according to the timeline, and you can see who Kosovo really belongs to!
The earliest record is that in the 4th century BC, Albania's ancestors, the Illyrians, lived in the area of Kosovo, so the Albanians believed that Kosovo belonged to them; About the 6th ~ 7th century AD, a large number of Slavs began to cross the Danube River to settle in the Balkans, they built castles, reclaimed wasteland, and slowly drove the Illyrians engaged in herding to hills and mountains; In the 9th century, the Serbs among the Yugoslavs established their own state, and by the 12th century, the kingdom, centered on Kosovo, occupied not only large areas of Serbia, but also northern Albania and northern Macedonia.
To insert a sentence here, it is precisely because of this history that a large number of Serbs believe that Kosovo is their birthplace, and whoever loses it will become Serbia's eternal sinner and will inevitably be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
However, the Kingdom of Serbia did not last long, and 200 years later, the Ottoman Turkish Empire in the south rose and developed into the Balkans, and Serbia was defeated and forced to pay tribute to Turkey, becoming a vassal of Turkey. Many Serbs did not want to accept Turkish rule and fled north, at which time the Albanians took the opportunity to move to Kosovo; During World War II, Italy established "Greater Albania" and annexed Kosovo, after which a large number of Serbs left Kosovo; The mass departure of Serbs directly led to a reversal of the proportion of the population in Kosovo, Albanians accounted for about 90%, and the remaining Serbs were simply not enough! After the end of World War II, Kosovo returned to the arms of Serbia again, but at this time Kosovo's ethnic contradictions began to emerge!
Objectively speaking, the Serbs did not want to accept the rule of Turkey and Italy and left Kosovo on their own initiative, which in the opinion of the Albanians is not wanted by your Serbs, and they moved over!
Having said all this, you will understand that it is not clear who Kosovo belongs to, both sides have their own reasons, and everyone can come up with a bunch of evidence to prove that Kosovo belongs to them, but objectively speaking, the Albanians have the advantage in the Kosovo crisis:
◆Speaking of history, Albanians lived in Kosovo earlier, and then Serbs moved here, and then Serbs took the initiative to leave, according to the first-come, first-served statement, it seems that Albanians are the real masters of Kosovo;
◆Returning to reality, Albanians account for more than 90% of Kosovo's total population and are in an absolute advantage;
◆Speaking of force and foreign aid, Kosovo has the support of NATO, Serbia is a small projectile country, almost surrounded by NATO countries, and foreign aid is only the big goose, now the goose itself is deeply trapped in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and cannot get out, it is estimated that it will not give Serbia substantial help!
In this way, it is already difficult for Serbia to keep Kosovo, either take the initiative to give up, or give up after being beaten, no wonder, the President of Serbia would rather resign than recognize Kosovo's independence, rather than bear the eternal sinners who lost their homeland!