Balkan states, quarrel, [11]; peninsula under Moslems, [13]; massacres in, [25]; large part of peninsula lost to Turkey, [27]; dissensions among, [60]; alliance, [34]; rival ambitions among, [64]; treaty restrictions, [72]; causes of war between, [75]; previous fighting between, [108]; make peace, [110]; future, [126].
Balkan wars, cause of first war, [30]; cause of second war, [64]; division of fighting, [54]; cost, [125]. (For progress, see under countries.)
Basil II, conquers Bulgaria, [10].
Belgrade, conquered by Dushan, [12].
Berane, massacre at, [36].
Berlin, Treaty of, [21]; Congress of, [78].
Blockade, Greek, of Turkey, [51].
Boris, accepts Christianity, [9].
Bosnia, conquered by Dushan, [12]; delegated to Austria, [27].
Bosphorus, Turks on, [3].