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Balkans

The Balkans (/ˈbɔːlkənz/ BAWL-kənz, /ˈbɒlkənz/ BOL-kənz), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the whole of Bulgaria. The Balkan Peninsula is bordered by the Adriatic…

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Location
Southeastern Europe
Highest elevation
2,925 m (9596 ft)
Highest point
Musala (Bulgaria)

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related to Further reading · 144
Balkans → Africa, American Historical Review, An Historical Geography, Ann Arbor, April, Avatar, Balkan Economic History, Balkan Life, Balkan Worlds, Balkans Academic Press, Balkans Archived, Banac, Barbara, Bernd, Bishop Kallistos, Boston, Bulgaria, Béla, California Press, Cambridge University Press
related to Evolution of meaning in the 19th and 20th centuries · 46
Balkans → After, Albrecht Penck, Another, At, Austrian, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Peninsula, Berlin, Bosnia, Carl Ritter, Congress, Croatia, Croats, Europe, European Turkey, Greece, Greek, Hahn, Hermann Wagner, However
related to Middle Ages and Early modern period · 36
Balkans → Albanian Christian, Albanian-speakers, As, Bulgarian Empire, Bulgarians, Byzantine, Byzantine Empire, Christianity, Christianization, Cyril, During, Early Middle Ages, Emperor, Empire, First Bulgarian Empire, In, Initially, Ivan Asen II, Methodius, Mongol
related to Balkans · 34
Balkans → Additionally, Albania, Balkan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, By, Central, Croatia, Danube, East Thrace, Eastern Europe, Greece, Herzegovina, However, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Kupa, Middle East, Moldova
related to Criticism as geographical definition · 33
Balkans → According, Altić, An, André Blanc, Another, Balkan, Balkan Economic History, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Peninsula, Baltic Sea, Both, Cape Matapan, Croatia, Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Croatian, Dinaric Alps, Europe, European, Greek-Albanian Peninsula, Géographie
related to Current · 26
Balkans → Albanian, Aromanian, BalcaniItalian, BalcaniOther, BalcaniRomanian, Balkan Yarımadası, Balkanlar, Balkanski, Balkanski PoluostrovBosnian, Balkansko, Balkán-félsziget, BalkánTurkish, BallkanitGreek, Bulgarian, Croatian, Gadishulli Ballkanik, In, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Peninsula Balcanicã
related to Economy · 25
Balkans → Albania, All, As, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Currently, Eastern Bloc, Gini, Greece, HDI, Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Most, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, SMEs
related to Religion · 23
Balkans → Albania, Balkan, Balkan Peninsula, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Eastern, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Orthodoxy, Greece, Islam, Kosovo, Montenegro, Muslim, Muslims, North Macedonia, Roman Catholicism, Romania, Serbia, Smaller, Southeastern Europe
related to Antiquity · 22
Balkans → Anatolia, BC, Central Bosnia's, Central Europe, Europe, Fertile Crescent, Kakanj, Middle East, Minoans, Neolithic, Old Europe, Old European, Paleolithic, Pannonia, Starčevo, Sumerians, The, The Balkan, The Balkans, Two
related to External links · 16
Balkans → Analysis, Archive-ItBalkanalysis, Balkan, Balkan Insight, Balkans Archived, Balkans Photo, Central, Centuries Archived, December, Demeter, Eds, November, Pasts, Peykovska, Southeast Europe, Wayback Machine

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balkan bulgaria greece peninsula europe region serbia croatia yugoslavia war albania montenegro macedonia empire term ottoman romania turkey slovenia western

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BalkansHighest elevation2,925 m (9596 ft)1.00infobox
BalkansHighest pointMusala (Bulgaria)1.00infobox
BalkansLocationSoutheastern Europe1.00infobox
Balkansis apolitical neologism coined to refer to Albania and the territory of the former Yugoslavia0.90text
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