Describe the explosive condition prevailed in balkans in after 16191 in Europe
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The most serious source of nationalist tension in Europe after 1817
was the area called the Balkans. alThe Balkans was a region of geographical and ethnic variation comprising modern day Ramanic, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Coratia, Bosina, Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro whose inhabitants were broadly known as the slaves. A large part of the Balkans was under the control of the ottoman empire. The spread of the ideas of romantic nationalism in the Balkans together with the disintegration of the ottoman empire made their region very explosive.
The rebellious nationalism in the Balkans thought of their struggle as attempts to win back their long lost independence. As the different Slavic nationalities struggled to define their identity and independence the Balkans area became an area of intense enflict.
The Balkans states were fiercely jealous of each other and each hopped to gain more territory at the expense of the others