In the twentieth century a tremendous war broke out and affected the entire world. This war began because of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife. After this Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Germany‚ who was allied with Austria-Hungary‚ also declared war on Serbia. Russia had to declare war on Germany and Austria-Hungary because they were allied with Serbia. This was mostly caused by nationalism‚ militarism‚ and imperialism. Nationalism is when you are proud of your country
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Discuss the decline of the Mughal Empire. To what extent do you agree that the downfall of the Mughal Empire was caused by the agrarian crisis of the 17th and 18th century? AGRARIAN CRISIS OF MUGHAL EMPIRE by IRFAN HABIB: Various explanations are put forward for the revolts which brought about the collapse of the Mughal Empire. There has existed for a long time the thesis of “Hindu Reaction” as the main factor behind the revolts against Aurangzeb. Its proponents tent‚ however‚ to rely
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01.07 Collapse of an Empire 1. What person have you put yourself in the place of? I am holding on very firmly to my crossbow‚ occasionally accidentallt bumping inot other soldiers beside me because of all of the chaos happening. 2. What does this person smell? I can smell the salty sea water in the air. 3. What does this person see? I see other fellow Turkish Soldiers surrounded around me. We all have weapons in our hands‚ whether it’s a crossbow‚ swords and shields‚ or spears. Most of the
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Prussia was successful in their goals of industrializing their country and thriving during this time period. The strategy behind their success was increasing the size of their army and navy‚ as well as making strong trading alliances with other countries. The success of Prussia taught me how to capitalize on other countries weaknesses for the benefit of your country. During the time period of the industrial revolution having a strong military and navy is key for success. Prussia realized this
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realized in 1918 that they had been doing that for four years‚ slimming their chances of winning. This is my opinion on why they lost the war. The first reason for Germany’s loss was the Ludendorff Spring Offensive. This was a tactic used by the Germans to try to defeat the allies‚ which ended up failing and completely ruining
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ultimate power always in the Kaiser’s hands succeeded in maintaining the political status quo to a much further extent. The nationalism and patriotism upholding the Kaiser’s constitutional powers were very significant‚ as the vast majority of the German population and the breadth of the political nation valued the Kaiser‚ so he did not face any serious challenges in this period. This nationalism and patriotism was particularly felt by the traditional elites‚ who the constitution favoured‚ and pressed
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goals were going to war with other countries‚ keeping peace in Europe‚ and of course his smart politics had a major impact in the growth of German industry. The first thing that Bismarck wanted to do was to guarantee ultimate security to everyone in Europe. Germany was in a position where they were either going to fall or
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Western Roman Empire The Roman Empire gave the world many fascinating things. Rome gave the world Christianity‚ which is now the world’s largest religion. The Romans also gave the world their language. The Romans spoke Latin‚ which is the base for most languages used today. Many of these languages include English‚ Spanish‚ Italian‚ French‚ and Portuguese. This leads the reader to question‚ "If Rome was such a powerful empire‚ then what led to the decline of the Roman Empire?" The fall of
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attitude to France‚ our national sense of honour compelled us‚ in my opinion to go to war; and if we did not act according to the demands of this feeling‚ we should lose... the entire impetus towards our national development won in 1866‚ while the German national feeling south of the Main‚ aroused by our military successes in 1866;… would have to grow cold again… Under this conviction I made use of the royal authorization communicated to me... to publish the contents of the telegram…I reduced the
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Military of Ottoman Empire Military of Ottoman Empire was set up in 1299 (According to some resources 1363). During the five hundred years of The Ottoman Empire‚ The Army had many changing in itself. However‚ it is a fact that The Ottoman Army was strong enough to provide The State’s rule over the three continents. The military can be divided two main parts to examine the history of Ottoman Military. First one is Classic Process. The process included from establishment to military reforms in
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