@[email protected] to Ask Me [email protected] • 1 year agoI live in the Balkans. Ask me anything about this godforsaken place.message-square56fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down15
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareI live in the Balkans. Ask me anything about this godforsaken place.@[email protected] to Ask Me [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•1 year 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-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink8•1 year 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.
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.