over the Austria-Hungary empire in the beginning of the 20th century‚ and he was rising at a very dangerous and tense time. In the early 1900s‚ Austria-Hungary was in a stressful conflict with the country of Serbia. The Serbians wanted the land of Bosnia‚ in which the Austria-Hungarian empire had annexed into their country‚ and Serbia wanted to unite all of the Serb ethnic groups to form a country known as “Greater Serbia‚” (Bodden 19). They wanted to send a message to Austria-Hungary‚ and they wanted
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South-East Europe and the Balkans‚ and was equally anxious that their large empire would break up into smaller countries. The Balkans was a region residing between the Mediterranean and Black Seas‚ consisting of several small countries; Serbia‚ Bosnia‚
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Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 15th around noon in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. The alleged assassins have been identified as a Siberian terrorist organization‚ The Blackhand. Franz Ferdinand‚ the Archduke of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ and his pregnant wife were on their way to have Ferdinand recite a speech and meet with the mayor of Sarajevo. He was there on behalf of Austria-Hungary as he wanted Bosnia to follow Austria-Hungary. The Blackhand had executed a poor attempt to kill him during Ferdinand’s
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also appear to have been motivated in part by revenge (Rhode 1).In 1992 Bosnia was recognized as an internationally independent state. The Muslim-led government wanted to maintain Bosnia as a unified‚ multi-ethnic state‚ but the militarily powerful Bosnian Serbs assisted by Serbia had taken control of approximately 70 percent of Bosnia and they did not see the muslim-led governments ideas as a priority (The Crisis in Bosnia 2). The
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Causes of World War 1 In 1914‚ a conflict arose in Europe that started what is now called World War 1 (WW1). This war did not just spring up out of nowhere there many causes involved that started this vast conflict. The immediate cause of WW1 was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was killed in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo (Mulligan). The main cause of WW1 is M.A.I.N which represents militarism‚ alliance systems‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism (Danzer 579). And a contributing factor
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of questions were asked by those who had committed almost as big as a crime as the Germans during this genocide; disregard and negligence; all eventually promised to never let such disasters occur again. Just half a century later‚ the citizens of Bosnia‚ still able to reflect on the previous European catastrophe‚ had a similar occurrence resulting in the deaths of many innocent people; and once again showing the world yet another devastation that must never occur again. The Bosnian Genocide is a
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To what extent was the alliance system to blame for the outbreak of war in 1914? The alliance system is an important factor in the outbreak of war in 1914‚ however it is only one of the causes of the First Word War and many other factors led to the war. These included militarism and nationalism. However the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the most immediate cause. The alliance system in Europe linked countries together in larger groups. Germany’s alliance with Austria-
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did tension increase in Europe from 1900 to 1014?There are various factors that amplified the tensions in Europe from 1900 to 1914. A few of the major factors were International rivalry‚ the arms race‚ colonialism and the Crisis ’s of Morocco and Bosnia. These factors‚ alongside numerous others contributed to fuelling the First World War. International rivalry was‚ debatably‚ the biggest factor that caused the First World War. As the European powers such as Britain‚ France and Russia had been competing
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This is called genocide. Genocide is the systematic destruction by a government of a racial‚ religious‚ or ethnic group (encyclopedia.com). The war that this genocide was a part of started in 1992 when the US and the European community recognized Bosnia as an independent country. The president of Yugoslavia at the time‚ Slobodan Milosevic‚ a Serb‚ became infuriated and began attacking the Bosnian capital‚ Sarajevo. He claimed that the Muslim majority was being unfair to the Serbs‚ who made up 32
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S. A Novel about the Balkans‚ by Slavenka Drakulic‚ is a story about a Bosnian woman‚ named S.‚ who was tortured by the hands of brutal soldiers during the Bosnia war. The novel mainly centers on a series of S.’s flashbacks‚ as she recounts the horrific ill-treatment she endured throughout this time period. Through telling S’s story‚ the author creates a vivid image of how deep and dark human nature is during wartime. The story is a revelation of the terrifying aspects of war‚ which include torture
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