Indeed, the Balkans were a powder keg, but one where the fuse was lit by distant empires carving up our legacy. It was less the inherent volatility of the people, and more the great powers treating the region as a chessboard after forcing Ottoman retreat. From our view, it was the bitterness of unfinished wars and manufactured borders that sparked the blast. This I know, for my grandfather’s stories were not of spontaneous chaos, but of maps redrawn in distant capitals, severing ancient *komshuluk* with a ruler’s stroke.
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