Balkans

developed country with a developed high-income economy, a high quality of life as well as a high standard of living. Greece, which is one of the world's largest shipping powers, middle powers and top tourist destinations has the largest economy in the Balkans, where it is a major regional investor. Located…

Srebrenica Ethnic groups and religions Bosnia and Herzegovina are situated in the western Balkan Peninsula of Europe. The larger region of Bosnia occupies the northern and central parts of the country, and Herzegovina occupies the south and southwest. The capital of the country is Sarajevo. The region is divided into three ethnic groups that generally correspond to three major religions; Bosniaks and Islam; Serbs and Orthodox Christianity; Croats and Roman Catholicism. They all share the same…

The Ottoman Empire used the devshirme as a way to promote Islam, preserve their cultural values, and it was a way to promote soci-economic mobility to the minority population. Adult women, men, girls, and boys who were not chosen from the Balkans were allowed to hold on to their faith and were not forced into assimilation like their sons or brothers had once reaped by the Sultan. Allowing the minority population to keep its identity while simultaneously picking at some of its parts in order…

navy. There are so many other factors that bring the picture together, on the topic of ww1. Nationalism is only one of them. Infect the only nations involved with nationalism were, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Serbia, and Russia. The Balkans concludes nationalism. The Balkans were a cultural area in southeast Europe with different and disputed borders. This identifies the industrial development. Imperialism is the practice…

may be killed while the military is trying to execute someone. In Fact the percentage of citizens being killed has gone down after the Vietnam and Balkan wars after using drones. According to Source J, 8-17% of of civilian deaths have happened, but in World War II the civilian death percentage was estimated to 40 to 67%. “In the Korean, Vietnam and Balkan wars the percentages are 70%, 31% and 45%” (source J). Using drones in Police and warfare could and will help the U.S significantly. They…

such as alliances, imperialism and militarism. Document F strengthens Document I’s stance on the relationship between nationalistic uprising and war by providing context on the discontent Pan-Slavic body. Document F states that, “Serbia was the only Balkan nation to threaten a Great Power directly… To the Austrians, the rise of Pan-Slavic nationalism, and particularly Serbian aggression, was a direct threat to the future of the Austrian Empire.” The idea that the Pan-Slavic ethnic nation within…

Greece is firmly rooted in its past. The history of Greece shaped the way the country is today. The Greek civilization began on an Aegean island of Crete about 3000 B.C.E (World Book 538). This culture was known as the Minoan culture. However, in 2000 B.C.E, villages began to develop in the mainland of Greece. These villagers called themselves Mycenaeans, after the powerful town of Mycenae in the Peloponnesus. The Mycenaean’s were in contact with the Minoan culture on Crete and adopted some…

Jake Mirto Mr. Dormer Global Studies 10 5/08/15 Nationalism and Imperialism played a huge role in the outbreak of World War I. Nationalism is the modern concept that people who share the same customs, culture, language, and history should share the same government. It became the most powerful European political ideology of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Imperialism is taking over a country or territory by a stronger nation with dominating political, economic, and social…

World war one took place dates between 1914-1918. Despite the conflict started in Europe, it ultimately affected other countries which are outside of the continent example united state and Japan. The first time the native English speakers knew it as the "Great War"; the term world war one was applied a couple of decades later. Historians disagree the basic causes of the war but mostly agree the consequences of the war and the huge disaster it caused. Political tensions ran very high in the…

What were the main causes of WWI? WWI is known as one of the most bloodiest wars to ever occur in human history because of the strategy of trench warfare and the amount of soldiers involved with the war. This could’ve been prevented if there wasn’t nationalism, militarism, and alliances. These three reasons are the root causes of why WWI even occurred in the first place. Nationalism and militarism is what started pride in people of many countries that wanted to be the best and the alliances…