Balkan Wars
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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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Target entity: Balkan Wars Context triple: [World War I, precededBy, Balkan Wars]
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Balkan Campaign
The Balkan Campaign was a series of World War II military operations in southeastern Europe, primarily involving Axis invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece in 1941.
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Crimean War
The Crimean War was a mid-19th-century conflict in which Russia fought an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Britain, France, and Sardinia, noted for its brutal conditions, military blunders, and the emergence of modern nursing and war reporting.
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Gothic War
The Gothic War was a series of late Roman-era conflicts between the Eastern Roman Empire and various Gothic peoples that significantly weakened imperial power and reshaped the balance of forces in Europe.
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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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Kosovo War
The Kosovo War was a late-1990s armed conflict in the Balkans between Yugoslav/Serbian forces and ethnic Albanian separatists, which prompted a NATO bombing campaign and ultimately led to the withdrawal of Serbian forces from Kosovo.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Balkan Wars Target entity description: 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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A.
Balkan Campaign
The Balkan Campaign was a series of World War II military operations in southeastern Europe, primarily involving Axis invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece in 1941.
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B.
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a mid-19th-century conflict in which Russia fought an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Britain, France, and Sardinia, noted for its brutal conditions, military blunders, and the emergence of modern nursing and war reporting.
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C.
Gothic War
The Gothic War was a series of late Roman-era conflicts between the Eastern Roman Empire and various Gothic peoples that significantly weakened imperial power and reshaped the balance of forces in Europe.
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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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Kosovo War
The Kosovo War was a late-1990s armed conflict in the Balkans between Yugoslav/Serbian forces and ethnic Albanian separatists, which prompted a NATO bombing campaign and ultimately led to the withdrawal of Serbian forces from Kosovo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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military conflict ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Balkan Wars
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surface form:
Balkan conflicts of 1912–1913
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| belligerent |
Balkan League
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Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ Kingdom of Greece ⓘ Kingdom of Romania ⓘ Kingdom of Serbia ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| cause |
decline of the Ottoman Empire
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territorial ambitions of Balkan states ⓘ |
| conflictType |
interstate war
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regional war ⓘ |
| effect |
contributed to causes of World War I
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destabilization of Southeastern Europe ⓘ |
| endTime |
1913
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August 1913 ⓘ May 1913 ⓘ |
| followedBy | World War I ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Balkan Wars
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
First Balkan War
Balkan Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Second Balkan War
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| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| location |
Balkans
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Balkans ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern Europe
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| mainBelligerent |
Kingdom of Bulgaria
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Kingdom of Greece ⓘ Montenegro ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Montenegro
Kingdom of Serbia ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| participant |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
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surface form:
Austria-Hungary
Balkan League ⓘ Russia ⓘ |
| precededBy | Italo-Turkish War ⓘ |
| result |
defeat of Bulgaria
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defeat of the Ottoman Empire in most of its European territories ⓘ heightened tensions among Great Powers ⓘ increased tensions among Balkan states ⓘ redrawing of borders in the Balkans ⓘ territorial losses of the Ottoman Empire in Europe ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Treaty of Bucharest (1913)
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Treaty of Constantinople (1913) ⓘ Treaty of London (1913) ⓘ |
| startTime |
1912
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June 1913 ⓘ October 1912 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| topic |
collapse of empires
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nationalism in the Balkans ⓘ |
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Subject: Balkan Wars Description of subject: 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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