The Balkans (/ˈbɔːlkənz/ BAWL-kənz, /ˈbɒlkənz/ BOL-kənz), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula (Peninsula of Haemus, Haemaic Peninsula),...
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The Balkan Wars were a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan states in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan states of...
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The Balkan Pact, or Balkan Entente, was a treaty signed by Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia on 9 February 1934 in Athens, aimed at maintaining the...
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The Uly Balkan (Turkmen: Uly Balkan dagy, Greater Balkan Mountains), also the Great Balkhan or Greater Balkhan is a mountain range in Turkmenistan, part...
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Balkan Gagauz, Balkan Turkish or Rumelian (Turkish: Rumeli Türkçesi), is a Turkic language spoken in European Turkey, in Dulovo and the Deliorman area...
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up Balkan or Balkans in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Balkans is a peninsular region of southeastern Europe. Balkan may also refer to: Balkan Mountains...
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The Balkan mountain range is located in the eastern part of the Balkans in Southeastern Europe. The range is conventionally taken to begin at the peak...
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The Balkan donkey or mountain donkey, Serbian: Domaći balkanski magarac, is a breed or group of breeds of domestic donkey originating in the Balkan region...
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The First Balkan War lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and involved actions of the Balkan League (the Kingdoms of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro)...
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The Balkan sprachbund or Balkan language area is an ensemble of areal features—similarities in grammar, syntax, vocabulary and phonology—among the languages...
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Balkan Region (Turkmen: Balkan welaýaty, Балкан велаяты) is the westernmost of the five regions of Turkmenistan. Clockwise from north it borders Kazakhstan...
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Balkan cuisine is a type of regional cuisine that combines characteristics of European cuisine with some of those from West Asia. It is found in the Balkan...
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Balkan music is a type of music found in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. The music is characterised by complex rhythm. Famous bands in Balkan...
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The Paleo-Balkan languages are a geographical grouping of various Indo-European languages that were spoken in the Balkans and surrounding areas in ancient...
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The Second Balkan War was a conflict that broke out when Bulgaria, dissatisfied with its share of the spoils of the First Balkan War, attacked its former...
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Paleo-Balkans refers to: Prehistoric Balkans Paleo-Balkan languages Paleo-Balkan peoples Thracians Dacians Illyrians Ancient Greeks List of Ancient Greek...
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FK Balkan may refer to: FK Balkan Mirijevo, Mirijevo, Belgrade, Serbia, formerly known as OFK Balkan Mirijevo and FK Balkan Bukovica FK Balkan Skopje...
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The Balkans and parts of this area may also be placed in Southeastern, Southern, Eastern Europe and Central Europe. The distinct identity and fragmentation...
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BC Balkan Botevgrad (Bulgarian: БК Балкан Ботевград, romanized: BK Balkan Botevgrad) is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Botevgrad. The...
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Third Balkan War may refer to: Balkans theatre of World War I in the 1910s Yugoslav Wars, or any of the individual wars, stemming from the breakup of Yugoslavia...
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Balkhan Ranges or Balkan Ranges, also Balkhans, Balkans (Turkmen: Balkan daglary, Balkan Mountains) are mountains by the eastern shores of the Caspian...
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The Balkan lynx (Lynx lynx balcanicus) is a subspecies of the Eurasian lynx in the genus Lynx. It is found in Albania, Kosovo and western North Macedonia...
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Balkan (Bulgarian: Балкан) was a brand of motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles manufactured in Lovech, Bulgaria in 1957–1975. Following the end of the Second...
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The Balkan mole (Talpa stankovici) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia and Greece, including...
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Balkan brass, popularly known by the Serbian name Truba (Serbian Cyrillic: Труба, "Trumpet"), is a distinctive style of music originating in the Balkan...
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AGS‑40 Balkan is a Russian 40 mm caseless automatic grenade launcher and successor to AGS-17 and AGS-30, introduced and adopted by the Russian military...
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This is a list of languages spoken in regions ruled by Balkan countries. With the exception of several Turkic languages, all of them belong to the Indo-European...
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establishment of a Balkan Federation had been a recurrent suggestion of various political factions in the Balkans. The concept of a Balkan federation emerged...
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World War I (section Conflicts in the Balkans)
and imperialism. Growing tensions between the great powers and in the Balkans reached a breaking point on 28 June 1914, when a Bosnian Serb named Gavrilo...
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The League of the Balkans was a quadruple alliance formed by a series of bilateral treaties concluded in 1912 between the Eastern Orthodox kingdoms of...
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