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why did nationalist tensions emerged in Balkans?give three reasons.
Natonalist tensions emerged in the balkans because of:
1. Ethnic Variations - The Balkans comprising modern day Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro had geograhical and ethnic variations.
2. Disintegration of Ottoman Empire - The ideas of romantic nationalism in the Balkans, and the disntegration of the Ottoman Empire made this region very explosive.
3. Subjugation - The Balkan people tried to claim independence from the foreign powers by using history to prove that they had once been independent.


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