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Though the idea of nation-states was accepted by all countries as natural and universal, the people everywhere had developed their own specific ways of national development.
Balkan region in eastern Europe presented a unique example of how the rebellious nationalities in the Balkan region struggled to win back their long-lost independence.
Balkans was the region of geographical and ethnic variations comprising modern day Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Slovenia, Montenegro. The inhabitants belonged to the ethnic group called the Slavs. Large part of the Balkans were under the control of the declining Ottoman Empire. Imperial powers of Europe competed with one another to extend control over the region because of the strategic position of Balkan region. This resulted in intense rivalry among these powers.
Despite belonging to one ethnic group the people of Balkan regions were separated from each other because of domination of other powers.
The spread of nationalist ideas among the Slavs together with the disintegration of Ottoman empire made this region very explosive. Balkan area thus became an area of intense conflicts leading to series of wars in the region. These conflicts eventually culminated in the First World War.
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