Highlight the reason for the growth …

The reasons for the growth of the Nationalist tension in the Balkan region before the first World war are highlighted below:

● The Balkan was the region of geographical and ethnic variation comprising modern-day Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Croatia, etc.

● A large part of the Balkan was under the control of the Ottoman Empire.

● It was an explosive area due to the spread of the ideas of romantic Nationalism in Balkan and the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire.

● The Empire was not even able to strengthen itself through modernization and internal reforms.

● The people of the Balkan claimed for independence and political rights using their nationality and history to prove that they were an independent nation but were subjugated by a foreign power.

● The people struggled to define their identity and their Balkan area became an area of intense conflict.

● At the same time the great European powers of Russia, England, Germany and Austro Hungary were keen on capturing this area as it was important from the viewpoint of trade.

● This led to a series of War and finally became the cause of the first world war.