Significance of Balkans
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- Created on: 16-11-12 16:13
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- Significance of the Balkans
- Ottoman empire
- up until the end of the 19th century they owned the Balkans
- The fall of the Ottoman empire allowed other countries to strike for the Balkans
- Serbs/Slavs
- When the OE collapsed they claimed their national identity and were protected by Russia
- Habsburg empire
- They were the Austria-Hungry royal family and regarded as one of the most important families in Europe
- They were allies but when the ottoman empire collapsed they wanted it for themselves
- They were multi ethnic which included Slavs and they feared unrest
- Russia
- They protected the slavs from the OE and were very powerful
- Pan Slavism
- 1897 they had a deal with A/H to protect the peace but this didn't last
- Ottoman empire
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