Balkans

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The Balkans is a historically and culturally diverse region in Southeast Europe known for its complex mix of ethnicities, religions, and languages and its pivotal role in European and Mediterranean history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
associatedWith start of World War I
borderedBy Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
Black Sea
Danube
surface form: Danube River

Ionian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
continent Europe
hasClimate Mediterranean climate
continental climate
hasCountry Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Greece
Kosovo
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Romania
Serbia
Slovenia
hasCulturalConcept Balkanization
hasEthnicGroup Albanians
Bosniaks
Bulgarians
Croats
Greeks
Macedonians
Montenegrins
Roma
Romanians
Serbs
Slovene
surface form: Slovenes

Turks
Romanians
surface form: Vlachs
hasHighestPeak Musala
hasHighestPeakElevation 2925 meters
hasLanguageFamily Albanian language
Modern Greek
surface form: Greek language

Romance languages
Slavic languages
Turkic languages
hasMajorCity Athens
Belgrade
Bucharest
Ljubljana
Podgorica
Pristina
Sarajevo
Skopje
Sofia
Salonika
surface form: Thessaloniki

Tirana
Zagreb
hasMountainRange Balkan Mountains
Carpathian Mountains
Dinaric Alps
Pindus Mountains
hasPartialCountry Hungary
Italy
Moldova
Turkey
Ukraine
hasReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Islam
Judaism
Roman Catholicism
hasSubregion Balkans self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central Balkans

Balkans self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eastern Balkans

Balkans self-linksurface differs
surface form: Western Balkans
hasSupranationalOrganizationMembership European Union
surface form: European Union (some states)

NATO (some states)
historicallyRuledBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austro-Hungarian Empire

Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Empire
Roman Empire
locatedIn Balkans self-linksurface differs
surface form: Southeast Europe
locatedOn Balkans self-linksurface differs
surface form: Balkan Peninsula
partOf Eastern Europe
Mediterranean Basin
surface form: Southern Europe
timeZone Central European Time
surface form: Central European Time (most areas)

Eastern European Time
surface form: Eastern European Time (some areas)
wasCenterOf Balkan Wars
Yugoslav Wars
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Rositsa locatedIn Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Lakonia locatedIn Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Socialist Yugoslavia period locatedIn Balkans
this entity surface form: Southeast Europe
Yugoslavs locatedIn Balkans
Yugoslavs locatedIn Balkans
this entity surface form: Southeastern Europe
independent Republic of Croatia region Balkans
subject surface form: Republic of Croatia
this entity surface form: Southeast Europe
independent Republic of Croatia subregion Balkans
subject surface form: Republic of Croatia
Maritsa Peak locatedIn Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Greek mainland locatedIn Balkans
this entity surface form: Southeastern Europe
Greek mainland partOf Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Jasenica locatedIn Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Morava floodplain partOf Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Ravanica locatedIn Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Ulysses' Gaze setIn Balkans
Church of St Nicholas locatedIn Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Farkadona geographicRegion Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Agia locatedOnLandmass Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Slavic states locatedIn Balkans
this entity surface form: Southeastern Europe
Kingdom of Thrace locatedIn Balkans
Kocani partOf Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Radu the Great region Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Bednja locatedOnLandmass Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Brčko locatedInRegion Balkans
Basarab I regionRuled Balkans
Southern Common Slavic (hypothesized dialect area) hasRegion Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
northern Aegean Sea borders Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Pact locatedIn Balkans
Balkan Pact regionServed Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Dii region Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Satrae locatedIn Balkans
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Satrae region Balkans
this entity surface form: Southeastern Europe
Thracian Horseman region Balkans
Mesta River locatedIn Balkans
Mesta River locatedIn Balkans
this entity surface form: Southeastern Europe
Vlora Declaration region Balkans