Balkan Peninsula
Greece's broader region
The Balkan Peninsula is the southeastern peninsula of Europe, bounded by the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean, and Black Seas.
It includes countries such as Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, and the former Yugoslav states.
The region's history of ethnic and political fragmentation gave rise to balkanization—the breaking up of a region into smaller, often hostile units.
- MontenegroBalkan republic, Adriatic coast
- SerbiaBalkan country, capital Belgrade
- GreeceBalkan peninsula nation
- CroatiaBalkan Adriatic republic
- AlbaniaBalkan Peninsula country
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