0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Me Anything@lemmy.ca · 8 months agoI live in the Balkans. Ask me anything about this godforsaken place.message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareI live in the Balkans. Ask me anything about this godforsaken place.0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Me Anything@lemmy.ca · 8 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-square0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoI bet the term originated from when Yugoslavia broke up.
minus-squareShiggles@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 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.
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.