• Shiggles@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      It was first used after the first world war to describe what had happened to the region post Austria-Hungary and Ottomans/the balkan wars that preceded ww1. Darkly humorous that the balkans themselves have been balkanized more than once, though.

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        11 months ago

        More than once, ha 🤣. I don’t think anyone keeps count 🤣.

        There have been wars here since forever. It’s a crossroad that connects South-East Asia with Europe.