Question

What made the Balkan area explosive?

Answer 1

The disintegration of Ottoman Empire and the spread of ideas which were considered as romantic nationalism were the issues which made Balkans explosive.

Nations in the Eastern Europe like Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Bosnia were referred to as the Balkans.

It was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, which became the immediate cause of First World War.

Answer 2

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⏩ The Balkans was a region of geographical and ethinic variation comprising modern day Romania, Bulgaria, Albania,Greece etc... whose inhabitants were broadly known as Slavs.

⏩ 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 this region very explosive.

⏩ All through the 19th century the Ottoman Empire sought to strengthen itself through modernisation and internal reforms but with very little success.

⏩ Its European subject nationalities broke away from its control and declared independence.

⏩ The Balkan peoples based their claims for independence and used history to prove that they had once been independent.

⏩ Hence, the rebellious nationalities in the Balkans thought of their struggle as attempts to win back their long-lost Independence.

⏩As the struggle to define their identity as independence, the Balkans area became an area of intense conflict.

⏩The Balkans also became the scene of big power rivalry

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