Reading The Near East by William Yale , Chapter IX

CHAPTER IX

TROUBLE IN CRETE AND THE BALKANS

The Cretan Question

-Historical background

-Interest of European Powers in Cretan affairs

-Cretans react to the Greek revolution

-Uncertainty about the future

-Insurrections

-Intervention by the Great Powers

The Turbulent Balkans

-Balkan unrest and rival European imperialisms

-Greek, Serbian and Bulgarian irredentisms

-Abdul Hamid's dilemma

The Macedonian Problem

-The historical heritage

-Macedonia a battleground of rival Balkan nationalism

-Macedonian reforms