Question

Why is the Balkan peninsula

called "The powderked
of Enrose?"'
and does that name still fit in 2023

Answer 1

In history, the term is most commonly associated with the events leading up to the Great War, also known as World War I. Historians often refer to pre-1914 Europe as a 'powder keg.' Sometimes, the term is used as a specific reference to tension in the Balkan region, but more generally it applies to dynamics throughout the whole of Europe.

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