Question

What was the area of the Balkans?
Why was it the most serious source of nationalist
tension in Europe after 1871?
What was its result?​

Answer 1

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The countries that make up the Balkans

today include Greece, Albania,

Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, rump

Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro),

and Bosnia Herzegovina

Geographically, "European Turkey," a

small region around Istanbul, is located

in the Balkans.

Balkan region was a source of tension

because of the following reasons:

(1) It was a region of geographical,

ethnic variation comprising Romania,

Bulgaria, etc:and its inhabitants were

broadly known as Slavs.

(2) Large part of Balkans was under the

Ottoman Empire and the disintegration

of which created an explosive situation.

One by one its European subject

nationalities broke away from its control

and declared independence.

(3) Balkan peoples based their claims

for independence or political rights on

nationality and used history to prove

that they were independent but

subsequently subjugated.

(4) The Balkan states were fiercely

jealous of each other & hoped to gain

territory.

(5) Matters complicated because of

intense rivalry among European powers

over Trade & colonies as well as naval

and military might. This led to a series

of wars in the region and finally the first

world war.

(6) Spread of the ideas of romantic

nationalism.