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  1. en.wikipedia.org

    The Balkan Peninsula, as defined geographically, by the Danube-Sava-Kupa line. The Balkans and parts of this area may also be placed in Southeastern, Southern, Eastern Europe and Central Europe.The distinct identity and fragmentation of the Balkans owes much to its common and often turbulent history regarding centuries of Ottoman conquest and to its very mountainous geography.
  2. britannica.com

    Jan 14, 2025Some define the region in cultural and historical terms and others geographically, though there are even different interpretations among historians and geographers. Moreover, for some observers, the term "Balkans" is freighted with negative connotations associated with the region's history of ethnic divisiveness and political upheaval.
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    The Balkans (/ ˈ b ɔː l k ən z / BAWL-kənz, / ˈ b ɒ l k ən z / BOL-kənz [1]), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula (Peninsula of Haemus, Haemaic Peninsula), is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. [2] [3] [4] The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains (Haemus Mountains) that stretch throughout the whole ...
  5. historyworld.net

    The position of Greece, as a central region of the Byzantine empire, remains reasonably secure until the 11th century. At that time, and in the following century, there are troublesome attacks on the Greek coastline from the Normans of sicily.But the real upheaval, throughout the Balkans, comes in the early 13th century after the capture of Constantinople by the fourth crusade.
  6. history.howstuffworks.com

    Jun 20, 2024The Balkan Peninsula has a complex and turbulent history, influenced by the Ottoman Turks, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Soviet Union. The region was a major battleground during World War II, with significant resistance movements and battles taking place.
  7. en.wikipedia.org

    History of the Balkans by region (2 C, 1 P) A. Archaeology in the Balkans (15 C) History of the Aromanians (6 C, 27 P) Austro-Turkish Wars (5 C, 16 P) E. History of Eastern Romance people (4 C, 1 P) F. Balkan federalism (2 C, 9 P) Former populated places in the Balkans (10 C, 99 P) H.
  8. The three books about the Balkans reviewed in this essay all deal with the history of the region and are written by the leading British historians of South-Eastern Europe. The authors approach the past from different angles and are interested in different periods of the Balkans' history, but their common wider aim is to dispel superficial ...
  9. odysseytraveller.com

    The Balkans, Albania and North Macedonia. Sprawling eastwards from the doorstep of Western Europe, the Balkan region has had a long, convoluted and fascinating history. The region resembles a lopsided trapezium on the world map, its four corners marked by Slovenia in the northwest, Moldova in the northeast, Turkey in the southeast and Greece in the southwest.
  10. britannica.com

    Jan 14, 2025Balkans - Nation-Building, Ethnic Conflict, Yugoslavia: While the 18th century in the Balkans was dominated by the steady decline of Ottoman power, the outstanding feature of the 19th century was the creation of nation-states on what had been Ottoman territory. Because the emergence of national consciousness and the creation of nation-states were conditioned by local factors, each nation ...
  11. library.fes.de

    rary history and politics of Southeast Europe which make throwaway judgements about the region and its political characteristics and potentialities increasingly less excusable. Stavrianos's The Balkans since 1453 is a welcome reprint of a classic text first published in 1958. One aim was 'to synthesize and to make more generally avail-
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    History of the Balkans

    The Balkans and parts of this area may also be placed in Southeastern, Southern, Eastern Europe and Central Europe. The distinct identity and fragmentation of the Balkans owes much to its common and often turbulent history regarding centuries of Ottoman conquest and to its very mountainous geography. Wikipedia

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