Question

What is meant by balkan ? Why did it turn into perennial sources of tensions and proved the battlefield of first world war ?

Answer 1

Answer:

Balkan consisted of present day ; Romania , Macedonia , Albania , Bosnia - Herzegovina , Slovenia , Serbia , Montenegro , Crotia and Bulgaria

1. Balkan was ruled over by Ottoman Empire . Balkan wanted to be a nation state for which people organized struggles and fought . They claimed that in the history they were independent , hence , they should be independent in the present to.

2. INTERNAL CONFLICTS : 

The Balkan states wanted to grow in power , for which the states started fighting with each other..The Balkan states were jealous of each other and hoped to gain more territory.Hence Balkan became an area of intense conflict.

3. Then during that power , Russia , Austria - Hungary , Germany , England were keen on countering the hold of other powers over the Balkan. All 4 of them wanted to grow their power for which they wanted to capture Balkan.

This conflict after a series of fights ultimately led to WORLD WAR 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

(i) balkan region : the Balkans was a region of geographical and ethnic variation comprising modern-day Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia-herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro whose inhabitants were broadly known as the slavs. A large part of the Balkans was the under the control of the Ottoman Empire.

(ii) Explosive region : the spread of the ideas of romantic nationalism in the Balkans, together with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire made this region very explosive.

(iii) internal conflicts : as the difference slavic nationalism struggled to define their identity and area independence, the Balkan area became an area of intense conflicts. the Balkans state were fiercely jealous of each other, and each hoped to gain more territory at the expense of the other.

(iv) source of rivalry between big powers : matters further complicated the situation because the Balkans also became the scene of big power rivalry. During this period, there was an intense rivalry among the European power over trade and colonies as well as the naval and military might.

(v) Series of wars : Each power - Russia, Germany, England, Austro-Hungary - were keen in countering the hold of other powers over the Balkans, and extending their own control over the area. this led to a series of wars in the region and finally, the First World War.