Nationalist<span> teneion </span>emerged in the Balkans<span> because the </span>Balkan<span> states were aspiring for </span>nationalism<span>. The </span>Balkans<span> was a region comprising modern day Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, ... The rebellions nationalities in the </span>Balkans<span> thought that their struggle was the attempt to win back their long-lost independence</span>