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In the decades after the great upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars, a young Croatian named Ljudevit Gaj will launch the first movement for a united South Slavic state.
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Napoleon conquered Europe, including the Northwest Balkans, in a flash, and then just as quick, lost it all again. On the way, he found time to bring down the last (sort of) Roman Emperor.
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In the 1780s, Emperor Joseph II attempted in vain to single-handedly drag the Habsburg Empire into the modern era.
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Today, we introduce the Habsburg Empire and take a tour round it.
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In 1912-13, the Balkan states trounced the Ottomans one last time, before turning on each other over the spoils.
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Today, we open the final chapter in the Balkans before the Great War, taking a tour round what’s left of Ottoman territory in Europe before seeing how the Balkan nation-states competed over it.
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Serbia gets used to its new King as Europe sets the stage for World War I.
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King Alexander I ascended the Serbian throne at the age of 12 in 1889. He didn’t know it, but he was to be the last of the Obrenović dynasty…..
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So Serbia is now independent, and instead of just a Prince, it now has a King. OK. Now what?
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