What were the Balkan Wars about?Balkan Wars:The Balkan Wars were a pair of conflicts that took place in the Balkans of Southeastern Europe. The first took place in 1912 and featured Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia fighting against the Ottoman Empire....
The Balkans are a region of Southeastern Europe that are defined by the Balkan Mountains which stretch throughout Bulgaria. There are numerous countries of the Balkans, including Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, and Bulgaria. Some argue that Turkey is also...
Also the crumbling of the Ottoman-Empire in the Middle East was a big factor for Austria-Hungary, the Balkans and Russia. So the competition for colonies brought great powers into conflict and fueled the ideas of war and added to the present tension that already existed, and that tension ...
Moreover, lack of coordination and cooperation between Italy and Germany, as exhibited by Mussolini's and Hitler's reluctance to confide in each other, impaired both nations' campaigns. Italy's poorly planned invasions in Africa and the Balkans also forced Germany to over-commit its forces. ...
1.Is the tap water in Europe safe to drink? You can drink the tap water in most of Europe. However, that is not true for countries in the Balkans and the Former Soviet Union. In those areas, travelers should be careful to avoid tap water unless it has been treated. In Eastern Europe...
I’ve been touring around north,central and south america,now in Turkey & the Balkans for the last 4.5 years on a 3x9 ‚11–36 cassette Surly Troll 26″ and I can tell you that 26″ anything is absolutely obsolete!! DEAD!! It has been a total nightmare! I can find zero parts fo...
“Or you might join another cultural outfit, Peter Sommer Travels – specialists in Turkey, Greece, Italy and the Balkans – in walking and cruising Southern Dalmatia. The hiking between sites (including up to the Nakovna plateau) is quite taxing, the cruising is by gulet. It is not one...
1) Battle of Ankara (1402): Venice leaves the remaining Ottoman troops to rot in Anatolia instead of ferrying them to Europe. Then, they ferry Timurid host to Europe, allowing Timur to finish off the Ottoman Empire. Timur would die in early 1405, leaving a total vacuum ...
Alexander the Great built his vast empire in just 13 years. But what if the Persians had defeated him? (Image credit: Andreas Wolochow via Shutterstock) Alexander the Great built an empire that stretched from the Balkans to India in just 13 years, when he was king of Macedonia. His ...
The early-English enslaved Irish Catholics; the Moors enslaved the Spanish before the Spanish enslaved the Moors and Cubans; the Ottomans enslaved the Balkans and Turks; the Egyptians enslaved the Jews; the Greeks and Romans enslaved seemingly everyone. While people think of slavery as...