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Answer:
B)division of an area into smaller, usually hostile regions
Explanation:
- The Balkans were ruled by the ottoman empires in 1817 and 1912. Balkanization is a geopolitical term that is the process of the division of the stats into smaller fragments and is often hostile with one another. An example can be seen of the Yugoslavia which became an independent country and the province if the Kosovo hence it has is rots in eastern Europe.