Question

why did Nationalist tension emerge in the balkans

Answer 1

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• The spread of ideas of romantic nationalism and the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire that had previously ruled over the area lead to increasing nationalist tensions emerging in the Balkans.
• The different Slavic communities began to strive for independent rule.
• They envied each other and every state wanted more territory, even at the expense of others.
• The authority of imperial power over the Balkans made the situation worse.
• Russia, Germany, England and Austria-Hungary wanted more control over this area.
• These conflicts led to the First World War in 1914.

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