What term describes Southeastern Europe's ethnic rivalries?
Chapter 1

The rise of the Balkan League

Chapter 2

The fall of Ottoman Europe

Chapter 3

Turning on each other

Chapter 4

The powder keg explodes

YOUR GOAL

Master of The Balkan wars

Ch 3 · Turning on each other
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diego The Treaty of Bucharest

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diego The division of the spoils

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An overwhelming coalition

diego Surrounded on all sides, Bulgaria faced attacks from Romania and the Ottoman Empire.

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Bulgaria's desperate gamble

diego Bulgaria launched a surprise attack on its former allies, triggering the Second Balkan War.

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Shifty Neighbors
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diego Match shifting alliances to discover how neighbors became rivals during the Balkan war.

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Fun Fact

Cholera outbreak: More soldiers died from a massive cholera epidemic during the Second Balkan War in 1913 than from actual battlefield combat.

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Glossary
balkanization (noun)
The division of a region or state into smaller, mutually hostile political units. In June 1913, Bulgaria attacked former allies Serbia and Greece over the division of conquered Macedonian territories.

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Gossip

Was Bulgaria's attack justified?

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Quiz

Which country launched the surprise attack on June 29, 1913, that began the Second Balkan War?

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diego An overwhelming coalition

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How did Serbia's territory change as a result of the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest?

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diego Bulgaria's desperate gamble

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Quiz

What territory did the Ottoman Empire successfully recapture during the chaos of the Second Balkan War?

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Which peace treaty officially ended the Second Balkan War on August 10, 1913?

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Which country ended up losing almost all of its territorial gains from the first war during the Second Balkan War?

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Which country invaded Bulgaria from the north during the Second Balkan War to claim the Southern Dobruja region?

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What term is often used to describe the complex, overlapping ethnic and national rivalries of Southeastern Europe in this era?

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What was the primary cause of the Second Balkan War in June 1913?

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