ɪɾ ɪz ɐ lˈɑːɹdʒ, sɪnθˈɛɾɪk wˈɜːk wˌɪtʃ ɛŋkˈʌmpəsᵻz ðə mˈeɪdʒɚ pəlˈɪɾɪkəl, ˌiːkənˈɑːmɪk ænd kˈʌltʃɚɹəl ᵻvˈɛnts ʌvðə bˈɔːlkənz fɹʌmðə fˈɔːl ʌvðə bˈɪzɐntˌiːn ˈɛmpaɪɚ tə ðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi z.
It is a large, synthetic work which encompasses the major political, economic and cultural events of the Balkans from the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the late 1940s.