WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Explanation: Nationalist tensions emerged in the Balkans because of the spread of ideas of romantic nationalism as also the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire that had previously ruled over this area. The different Slavic communities in the Balkans began to strive for independent rule.

Detailed explanation-2: -The spread of the ideas of romantic nationalism in the Balkans together with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire made this region very explosive. All through the nineteenth century the Ottoman Empire had sought to strengthen itself through modernisation and internal reforms but with very little success.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the twentieth century, the effects of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire led to countries declaring autonomy throughout the Empire’s far-reaching lands. In 1902, there were rebellions in Macedonia and within a year it was independent.

Detailed explanation-4: -The spread of ideas of Romantic nationalism in the Balkans together with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire made the region very explosive. The Balkan people based their claim for independence or political rights on nationality and desired to win back their long-lost freedom.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Balkan peoples based their claims for independence or political rights on nationality and used history to prove that they had once been independent but had subsequently been subjugated by foreign powers.