In 1912 the term Balkanization was coined and describes the region formerly known as the Balkans. It can be defined as a region broken up into smaller and usually hostile units. The region known as the Balkans is where the Slavs meet the Germans, Greeks, and other different ethnic and religious groups. Due to the major ethnic and religious diversity the region has trouble sustaining stability. During the nineteenth century, many changes and conflicts disturbed the …showed first 75 words of 675 total…

…showed last 75 words of 675 total…war broke out in Kosovo. Throughout the decades and centuries since the late 1800’s, the term balkanization appropriately describes the region of the Balkans as it was then, and as it is now. Similar conflicts of the past are ongoing. Serbia’s want of the unification of all Serbs is the root of all the fighting and tension in the region. These conflicts have gotten so bad that it has caused the Two World Wars.