0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Me Anything@lemmy.ca · 10 months agoI live in the Balkans. Ask me anything about this godforsaken place.message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down15
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareI live in the Balkans. Ask me anything about this godforsaken place.0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Me Anything@lemmy.ca · 10 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-square0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoI bet the term originated from when Yugoslavia broke up.
minus-squareShiggleslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoIt was first used after the first world war to describe what had happened to the region post Austria-Hungary and Ottomans/the balkan wars that preceded ww1. Darkly humorous that the balkans themselves have been balkanized more than once, though.
minus-square0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoMore than once, ha 🤣. I don’t think anyone keeps count 🤣. There have been wars here since forever. It’s a crossroad that connects South-East Asia with Europe.
I bet the term originated from when Yugoslavia broke up.
It was first used after the first world war to describe what had happened to the region post Austria-Hungary and Ottomans/the balkan wars that preceded ww1. Darkly humorous that the balkans themselves have been balkanized more than once, though.
More than once, ha 🤣. I don’t think anyone keeps count 🤣.
There have been wars here since forever. It’s a crossroad that connects South-East Asia with Europe.