Balkans

2. •The Balkans is a geographical
term, which designates the large
peninsula in the southeastern
part of the European continent,
connecting Europe to Asia Minor
(Anatolia).

3. The
Balkans
Nationalities mixed together. Ruled by Turkey.
New Governments in dispute
with each other.
Russia and Austria
bordered the
countries in this
region.
Unstable area.
The first Balkan crisis
came in 1908.
From 1912 to 1913 there
was a series of local
wars.
Austria
declared war
on 28 July
1914.

4. When I first heard of the assassination (murder)…I felt it was a grave
matter… but my fears were soon calmed.. The Kaiser left on his yachting
holiday and… still more reassuring, the head of the German army left for his
cure in a foreign spa (health resort)…
I remember that an influential Hungarian lady called on me and told me that
we were taking the murder of the Grand Duke too quickly… it had provoked
a storm in Austria… and might lead to war with Serbia… However, the
official reports we had did not seem to justify the alarmist view.
David Lloyd George,
Memoirs, 1938. David Lloyd George was a government minister in 1914 and became Prime
Minister in 1916. His memories have a reputation for inconsistency.

5. Include: Greece,
Albania,
Macedonia,
Bulgaria,
Romania, rump
Yugoslavia
(Serbia and
Montenegro),
and Bosnia.
550,000 km
2

and a
population of
55 million
people.
Surrounded by
water on three
sides: the Adriatic
Sea to the west,
the Mediterranean
Sea (including the
Ionian and
Aegean seas) to
the south and the
Black Sea to the
east.
This region was
home to Greeks,
Illyrians, Paeonians,
Thracians, Dacians
and other ancient
groups.
Roman Empire conquered most of
the region and spread Roman culture
and the Latin language.

6. Area of
Europe to
experience
the arrival of
farming
cultures in the
Neolithic era.
During the Middle Ages, the Balkans
became the stage for a series of wars
between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and
Serbian Empires.
1912–1913 the
First Balkan War
broke out.
Two months
after the end of
the common
war, a Second
Balkan War
broke out.
Gained
independence
in the 19th
century
Slavs
arrived in
the 6th
century.

8. •GCSE modern world history, second edition by
Ben Walsh
•http://
cfsworldmusic.wikispaces.com/file/view/balkans-political.GIF/38736590/balkans-political.GIF

•http://
www.cotf.edu/earthinfo/balkans/BKdef.html
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans

9. Catalina Josefina
Felicitas Francesca