Balkan - Words of the World
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- A wrongly named peninsula and a misguided stereotype... The word "Balkan" has a curious history. More words at www.wordsofthew... This video features David Norris from the University of Nottingham
My left ear really enjoyed this. My right ear felt left out.
As a Serb, I confirm everything that's said and really appreciate this video! Thank you for at least trying to lessen the negative connotation of the name that we're forever stuck with. Let's hope that at least a few persons will alter their perception and stop imagining the Wild West images after watching this video.
I think you have done a pretty good job explaining all this in nine minutes. I myself am from Serbia and think that you presented a quite informative and furthermore realistic picture of what the Balkans are really like. Thanks!
@wordsoftheworld - Thanks Brady and David - I found that one utterly facinating. Im prob not the first to suggest this as another "channel Brady should do", but history/geography would be wonderful... and thanks again :-)
not only a English lesson but a history lesson also.
Greetings to David and Brady from an Electrical Engineering student at the University of Belgrade. Very nice video!
Don note that bulgaria defeated the Latin empire created by the crusaders who robed constantinople. Great empires were around before and after the crusaders.
Very interesting! Hopefully I'll remember to avoid the term "balkanization" in the future.
Do one on 'peninsula'.
@unurautare2 Not true. They existed before that, yes, but the Ottomans conquered it all. Then they became independent again during the late 19th century.
@unurautare2 You're saying they came from Turkey and annexed Hungary without annexing any of the Balkans? Come on. It's a fact that the Ottomans conquered and annexed most of the Balkan peninsula. It's also a fact that many of those countries (which indeed had been independent before, but that isn't the point) became independent during the late 19th and early 20th century. That's all I'm trying to say.
doesn't it mean 'splitting up countries' because of all the new countries that gained their independence from the Ottomans in the late 19th century (Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria...)?
@unurautare2 How would you get from Turkey to Hungary without crossing the Balkans?
That has nothing to do with his statement. And why do you say that we are inferior to you. We were dominating the land with the byzanitum empire.
@puretroubleman and a bit of geography!
Interesting, I always thought "bulkanization" came from the break up of Yugoslavia.
A great word. I feel since the fall of the Soviet Union the unity of our species has exploded into ultra-micronationalism and I fear further conflict. It generates in groups and out groups and hence wars and racism.
I'm from Balkans Peninsula and I have to say that you showed right geographical borders of Balkan, but they are different from political borders.
In political way Slovenia and Vojvodina (north part of Serbia) are also considered Balkan.
And thanks for not paying an attention to Serbian-Kosovo-Albanian problems currently going on.
Very interesting
great video... love history :)
I didn't even know "Balkan" had negative connotations in Western Europe... I guess that's a good thing, kind of? At least that image hasn't been spread over here yet. Although I guess we too see Balkan as this very conflict prone area...
I'm from the Balkans and I found a couple of things wrong in this just as an FYI. Before the turks came to Europe, all those countries he mentioned except Greece were one country Bulgaria. That mountain "balkans" is not called that since a long time ago now it's known as "Стара Планина" or Old Mountain and it's not that small it's a part of the alpine himalayan belt.
@unurautare2 They sieged Vienna, so they must have got quite far then eh? They got as far as Slovenia, so they did get quite far in.
at 1:37 you can see the real map of Macedonia with her borders in the time of the ottoman occupation. Today its only 40% free land ( thanks to Serbia for giving back the vardar part ) the other 2 parts ( Pirin and Aegean part ) are still occupied since 1913 by Bulgaria and Greece. Today they even refuse to admit that there is a macedonian minority in these two countrys. Already whole world knows that Macedonia is One and Never Greek !! - The truth cannot be denied.
please, don't be stupid. macedonia is historical a region, not a state. it's like calling former yugoslavia illyria just because that's what the region used to be called. why would you allow these myths to propagate? what do you have to gain from it?
I'm from the Balkans, Bulgaria is actually a bad version of Serbia. The people in Bulgaria are so confused that when they nod it means no, and vice-versa.
NE SERI