dynasty ruled Austria and large parts of Europe during the Reformation as Emperor Charles V. On the side of his father‚ Philip of Burgundy‚ Maximilian Habsburg Austria Mary of Burgundy and. On the side of his mother‚ Joana "The Mad" of Castile‚ Ferdinand and Isabella’s‚ who unified the crown of Aragon Spain and Castile. This made Charles the heir of many lands‚ which he started at the age of sixteen successor. Growing up in Burgundy in France‚ his first language is French and he was steeped in the
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World War I broke out in 1914. It would claim the lives of 37 million people and destroy 4 empires‚ the Austro-Hungarian‚ German‚ Ottoman and the Russian. Two major alliances dominated Europe prior the outbreak of war‚ Britain‚ France and Russia formed the Triple Entente whilst Germany‚ Austro-Hungary and Italy the Triple Alliance. When war came about in 1914 America‚ Romania‚ Japan and later on Italy all sided with the Entente‚ whilst Turkey and Bulgaria sided with the Alliance‚ each country had
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formed‚ annulled and restructured their alliances. This led countries to aid their allies if things turn out bad. For example‚ Russia was backing Serbia up after Austria-Hungary declared war against them because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand incident. This‚ it also made Germany to declared war against Russia in order to back Austria-Hungary. In the end‚ Those 4 causes: Imperialism‚ Militarism‚ Nationalism and Alliances together causes the World War 1 to be
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mark on history. According to Britannica‚ World War I‚ which is also referred to as the first world war or the great war‚ was “an International conflict that took place between 1914 and 1918.” WW1 got its start with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚ who was an archduke of Austria.
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The Khmer Rouge with its leader Pol Pot‚ seized Cambodia in 1975. Year zero is declared‚ in effect Cambodia was isolated from the rest of the world‚ and cities‚ money‚ private property and religion were abolished. In hopes of making Cambodia become an agrarian utopia‚ Khmer Rouge forced the people who lives in the cities of Phnom Pehn and Battambang to leave their homes and were dictated to work in the labor camps‚ where people are abused and executed. About 2 million people died during their reign
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tempest‚ to lure his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit King Alonso of Naples to the island. There‚ his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio’s lowly nature‚ the redemption of the King‚ and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso’s son‚ Ferdinand. There is no obvious single source for the plot of The Tempest‚ but researchers have seen parallels in Erasmus’s Naufragium‚ Peter Martyr’s De orbe novo‚ and an eyewitness report by William Strachey of the real-life shipwreck of the Sea Venture on
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socially-constructed and arrogant Ferdinand. It is unclear exactly how much the love between him and Prospero’s daughter‚ Miranda‚ was engineered by Prospero and how much was actually love‚ but by using the love between the young couple‚ he can make Ferdinand into a upstanding and respectable young man. To do this he gives him some chores to do‚ such as carrying firewood and other menial tasks. He also freezes him with his magic and keeps him in chains for a while. In doing this‚ Ferdinand exclaims he would do
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(1915–18) Co-belligerents Jabal Shammar ...and others Commanders and leaders French Third Republic Raymond Poincaré British Empire George V Russian Empire Nicholas II Kingdom of Italy Victor Emmanuel III United States Woodrow Wilson Romania Ferdinand Empire of Japan Taishō Kingdom of Serbia Peter I Belgium Albert I ...and others German Empire Wilhelm II Austria-Hungary Franz Joseph I (1914–16)
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The central feature of world history between late 15th Century and 1700 was the expansion of Europe and the spread of European culture and civilisation throughout the globe. Until 1500 the world had‚ on whole‚ pressed in on Europe. Beginning in the 1500s‚ Europe began to press out on the world. This period in history is known as the Age of Discovery or Exploration. During this time‚ driven by a variety of motives‚ European explorers mapped almost all of the world’s seas and outlines of the continents
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I do believe that Nationalism was the main cause of the war because it all began from countries trying to get their freedom from the Austria-Hungary Empire. Guarilo Principe shot Francis Ferdinand because he didn’t want to be under their control any longer. Then‚ of course‚ the other countries went to war not only because of the allied agreements but because they did not like the countries they were up against. In this war‚ there were two types of nationalism: there was the type where countries did
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