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2. Balkanization - Wikipedia

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   Balkanization or Balkanisation is the process involving the fragmentation of an area, country, or region into multiple smaller and hostile units. [1][2] It is usually caused by differences in ethnicity, culture, religion, and geopolitical interests. The term was first coined in the early 20th century, and found its roots in the depiction of ...

3. Balkan Mountains - Wikipedia

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   Range coordinates. 43°15′N 25°0′E  /  43.250°N 25.000°E  / 43.250; 25.000. Geology. Type of rock. granite, gneiss and limestone. The Balkan mountain range[2] is located in the eastern part of the Balkans in Southeastern Europe. The range is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border between ...

4. History of the Balkans - Wikipedia

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   The Congress of Berlin (13 June – 13 July 1878) was a meeting of the leading statesmen of Europe's Great Powers and the Ottoman Empire. In the wake of the Russia's decisive victory in a war with Turkey, 1877–78, the urgent need was to stabilize and reorganize the Balkans, and set up new nations.

5. Balkans - Wikipedia

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   The definition of the Balkan Peninsula's natural borders does not coincide with the technical definition of a peninsula; hence modern geographers reject the idea of a Balkan Peninsula, while historical scholars usually discuss the Balkans as a region. The term has acquired a stigmatized and pejorative meaning related to the process of ...

6. Social polarization - Wikipedia

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   Social polarization is the segregation within a society that emerges when factors such as income inequality, real-estate fluctuations and economic displacement result in the differentiation of social groups from high-income to low-income. It is a state and/or a tendency denoting the growth of groups at the extremities of the social hierarchy ...

7. Southeast Europe - Wikipedia

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   Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe (SEE) is a geographical sub-region of Europe, consisting primarily of the region of the Balkans, as well as adjacent regions and archipelagos. There are overlapping and conflicting definitions of the region, due to political, economic, historical, cultural, and geographical considerations.

8. Imagined geographies - Wikipedia

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   Imagined geographies refers to the perception of a space created through certain imagery, texts, and/or discourses. For Said, imagined does not mean to be false or made-up, but rather is used synonymous with perceived. Despite often being constructed on a national level, imagined geographies also occur domestically in nations and locally within ...

9. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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   Of, relating to, within, or towards the interior of a landmass, i.e. distant from the coast. inland sea. A very large, isolated expanse of open water in the interior of a landmass, either completely surrounded by dry land or connected to the ocean by a river, strait, or other narrow waterway. inland waters.