The genocide in places such as Balkans region can be summarized as..... __ European colonists taking land and harming the indigenous population Fighting over strategic commodities such as oil and water resources. Conflicts between ethnic groups in which one group attempted to ethnically cleanse another group to gain The attempts of political leaders to form democracies.

The genocide in places such as the Balkans region can be summarized as conflicts between ethnic groups in which one group attempted to ethnically cleanse another group to gain control. This was particularly evident during the Bosnian War in the 1990s, where Bosnian Serb forces carried out systematic campaigns of ethnic cleansing against Bosnian Muslim and Croat populations.