Balkan League
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The Balkan League was a coalition of Balkan states formed in the early 20th century to challenge Ottoman rule and expand their territories in Southeastern Europe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Balkan League canonical | 3 |
| Balkan League (1912) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Balkan League Context triple: [Balkan Wars, participant, Balkan League]
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Little Entente
The Little Entente was a mutual defense alliance formed in the interwar period by Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Yugoslavia to counter Hungarian and later German revisionism and preserve the post–World War I territorial settlement.
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Holy Alliance
The Holy Alliance was a coalition of major European monarchies formed after the Napoleonic Wars to preserve conservative order and suppress revolutionary movements across the continent.
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C.
Balkan Front
The Balkan Front was a major World War I theater of operations in Southeastern Europe, involving campaigns among the Central Powers and Allied forces across the Balkan Peninsula.
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D.
Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars were two early 20th-century conflicts in Southeastern Europe in which Balkan states fought the Ottoman Empire and then each other, reshaping regional borders and heightening tensions that helped set the stage for World War I.
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E.
Quadruple Alliance
The Quadruple Alliance was an early 18th-century coalition of major European powers formed to curb Spanish ambitions and maintain the balance of power after the War of the Spanish Succession.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Balkan League Target entity description: The Balkan League was a coalition of Balkan states formed in the early 20th century to challenge Ottoman rule and expand their territories in Southeastern Europe.
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A.
Little Entente
The Little Entente was a mutual defense alliance formed in the interwar period by Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Yugoslavia to counter Hungarian and later German revisionism and preserve the post–World War I territorial settlement.
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B.
Holy Alliance
The Holy Alliance was a coalition of major European monarchies formed after the Napoleonic Wars to preserve conservative order and suppress revolutionary movements across the continent.
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C.
Balkan Front
The Balkan Front was a major World War I theater of operations in Southeastern Europe, involving campaigns among the Central Powers and Allied forces across the Balkan Peninsula.
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D.
Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars were two early 20th-century conflicts in Southeastern Europe in which Balkan states fought the Ottoman Empire and then each other, reshaping regional borders and heightening tensions that helped set the stage for World War I.
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E.
Quadruple Alliance
The Quadruple Alliance was an early 18th-century coalition of major European powers formed to curb Spanish ambitions and maintain the balance of power after the War of the Spanish Succession.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coalition of states
ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ political alliance ⓘ |
| allianceType | anti-Ottoman alliance ⓘ |
| category |
Balkan Wars
ⓘ
Military alliances involving Bulgaria ⓘ Military alliances involving Greece ⓘ Military alliances involving Montenegro ⓘ Military alliances involving Serbia ⓘ |
| causeOfDissolution |
Balkan Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Balkan War
territorial disputes among member states ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn |
Balkan Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
First Balkan War
Balkan Wars ⓘ
surface form:
Second Balkan War
|
| countryInvolved |
Kingdom of Bulgaria
ⓘ
Kingdom of Greece ⓘ Principality of Montenegro ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Montenegro
Kingdom of Serbia ⓘ |
| diplomaticSupportFrom | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | 1913 ⓘ |
| formedByTreatyBetween |
Greece and Bulgaria
ⓘ
Montenegro and Serbia ⓘ Serbia and Bulgaria ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1912 ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
redrawing of borders in the Balkans
ⓘ
weakening of Ottoman control in Europe ⓘ |
| historicalEra | pre–World War I era ⓘ |
| languageOfDiplomacy | French ⓘ |
| location |
Balkans
ⓘ
Southeastern Europe ⓘ |
| memberState |
Bulgaria
ⓘ
Greece ⓘ Montenegro ⓘ Serbia ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ |
| predecessor | informal Balkan cooperation against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| primaryOpponent | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| purpose |
to challenge Ottoman rule in the Balkans
ⓘ
to expand member states' territories ⓘ |
| regionTargeted |
Epirus
ⓘ
Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonia
Thrace ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Balkan nationalism
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causes of World War I ⓘ decline of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| resultOfFirstBalkanWar | significant territorial losses for the Ottoman Empire in Europe ⓘ |
| successor | shifting bilateral alliances among Balkan states ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| treatyConcluded | Treaty of London (1913) ⓘ |
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Subject: Balkan League Description of subject: The Balkan League was a coalition of Balkan states formed in the early 20th century to challenge Ottoman rule and expand their territories in Southeastern Europe.
Referenced by (5)
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