Which countries does the Balkan Peninsula include?

Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, North Macedonia, Greece and Turkey are located in the Balkans of Europe.

Located between Europe, Asia and Africa, the Balkan Peninsula is a land bridge connecting Europe and Asia. It is bordered by important Mediterranean routes in the south, and the Bosporus Strait and the Da Daniil Strait, which guard the throat of the Black Sea in the east. Its geographical position is extremely important. The terrain is mainly mountainous, with hills and limestone terrain in the south of Carpathian Mountain and plains in the north.

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The Balkan Peninsula has always been a complex and changeable area in international relations, known as the "powder magazine". Here, due to various historical reasons, ethnic contradictions, religious conflicts, cultural differences, border disputes, political differences and other thorny issues not only influence each other, but also are intertwined and incompatible with each other.

Among them, Yugoslavia is the most concentrated and intense area of contradictions and conflicts. Because the Balkan region is located in the main road of communication, it has always been a battleground for military strategists. Therefore, for their own interests, major European countries have been paying attention to the dynamics and changes here and actively intervening in various contradictions and conflicts.

For example, 19 14 The "Sarajevo Incident" that happened on June 28th was originally a common assassination in Europe. At first, people didn't feel anything unusual, but more than a week later, the European powers actually hyped it into a fierce "July diplomatic crisis", which triggered the First World War.

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