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Balkan Peninsula Historically controlled by: 1st – Greeks/Romans – Orthodox Christian 2nd - Ottoman Turks - Muslims 3rd - Austrian-Hungarian Empire – Catholic 4th - Communists 5th - Ethnic Majorities

Balkan Peninsula The “Powder Keg” of Europe “Two bullets fired on a Sarajevo street on a sunny June morning in 1914 set in motion a series of events that shaped the world we live in today. World War One, World War Two, the Cold War and its conclusion all trace their origins to the gunshots that interrupted that summer day.” Assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand, 1914 by a Serbian nationalist started WWI

Moments before his death, that changed Europe forever…

Yugoslavia – Communist Country of the Slavs 1945-1989 Held together by strong communist dictator Josip Tito President John F. Kennedy greeting Josip Broz Tito during his visit to the US

Influenced by the Soviet Union

Yugoslavia Constantly Changing Political Boundaries

Countries in Former Yugoslavia Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro (2006)

Religions of Former Yugoslavia? Bosnians – Slavic, Muslims Croatians – Slavic, Roman Catholic Serbs – Slavic, Orthodox Christian

7 Different languages in the Balkans Bosnian Bulgarian Croatian Macedonian Montenegrin Serbian Slovenian Languages using the Cyrillic Alphabet Bulgarian Macedonian Serbian Ukrainian

Cyrillic Alphabet

Having trouble reading the sign? Bulgarian meaning - Dietary and diabetic foods This clearly shows how difficult it is for these people to communicate

Bosnian Capital - Sarajevo Heart of the Balkans

Sarajevo 1993 Bosnian War

Dayton Accord The war ended in December 1995, with the formation of Serbian Republic

Other Violence and Conflict in the Balkans “Ethnic Cleansing” in Kosovo What is “ethnic cleansing?” Genocide – mass murder of ethnic Albanians in Serbia

Ethnic cleansing A Tomahawk cruise missile launches from the USS Gonzalez in March,1999. Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic wanted to unify the Serbs and persecute the ethnic Muslim Albanians = ethnic cleansing The United States used military action against this ethnic cleansing.