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Describe the explosive conditions prevailed in Balkans after 1871 in Europe.
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Describe the role of different religious groups in the development of anti-colonial feelings in Vietnam.**
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Describe the role of different religious groups in the development of anti-colonial feelings in Vietnam.**
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(i) After 1871, explosive conditions prevailed in Balkans area in Europe. The Balkans was a region of geographical and ethnic variation comprising modern day Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Croatia, BosniaHerzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro whose inhabitants were broadly known as the Slavs.
(ii) In 19th century, the Ottoman Empire had sought to strengthen itself through modernisation and internal reforms but with very little success.
(iii) One by one, its European subject nationalities broke away from its control and declared their own independence.
(iv) The Balkan peoples based their claims for independence or political rights on nationality and used history to prove that they had once been independent but had subsequently been subjugated by foreign powers.
(v) Hence, the rebellious nationalities in the Balkans thought of their struggle as their attempts to win back their long lost independence which converted the region into a battle ground.
(ii) In 19th century, the Ottoman Empire had sought to strengthen itself through modernisation and internal reforms but with very little success.
(iii) One by one, its European subject nationalities broke away from its control and declared their own independence.
(iv) The Balkan peoples based their claims for independence or political rights on nationality and used history to prove that they had once been independent but had subsequently been subjugated by foreign powers.
(v) Hence, the rebellious nationalities in the Balkans thought of their struggle as their attempts to win back their long lost independence which converted the region into a battle ground.
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