World War I has a considerable impact on the geopolitical development of the world. After the end of World War I‚ spheres of influence of leading world powers have changed consistently‚ reducing the impact of Germany and its allies and destroying the Ottoman Empire as the dominant power in the Middle Eastern region. However‚ the effects of World War I on the Middle East had proved to be quite different from what the local population had expected because instead of liberation and expanding the territory
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able to gain control of Venice in exchange for Italian alliance with Prussia against Austria. In 1871‚ Rome was the country’s capital. But Italy suffered again in the 1920’s because of Benito Mussolini‚ a leader who sided with Germany during World War II. This made the Italians surrender to Germany in 1945. When Italy joined the NATO‚ or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization‚ and the European Union‚ these helped them in terms of political and economic unification of Western
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Czar of Russia from 1894 until 1917 when he was forced to abdicate. He was the leader of Russia during a turbulent time when the Russian society was ready for the changes he was not willing to make. Nicholas II would lead Russia into War World I as the commander of the Russian army despite his qualifications to do so. He wouldn’t back down from war and let his country slide into worsening circumstances which would eventually lead to his abdication and the revolutionary takeover of Russia. 2. Woodrow
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leaders. Russia was less developed than other European countries at that time because Russia had rejected Westernization. To rectify this‚ he went to many ways to modernize and westernize Russia. He founded St. Petersburg as a major Russian port city in the west. He also established it as the new capital‚ based on trade with the rest of Europe. New buildings and institutions were built there to modernize Russia‚ before that city was a Swedish swamp. He got experts to teach the people of Russia about
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Research Questions 1: World war one was sparked by the assignation of archduke Francis Ferdinand. The political objective of the assassination was to break Austria- Hungary’s south- Slav provinces off so they could be combined into a great Serbia. Both sides of the group believed it would be a quick war of many resources. 2: Russia become involved in WWI after Austria declared war against Serbia‚ because Russia had made itself the guardian of all Slavic and/or Eastern Orthodox peoples‚ particularly
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The end of World War I had a powerful impact on the world. This was because the War not only changed how war was fought with the use of technology such as poisonous gases‚ tanks and machine guns. The War also changed the power structure of Europe due to the collapse of the British Empire because of debt‚ The Bolsheviks overthrowing Czar Nicholas of Russia thus ending the Russian Empire‚ the end of the Ottoman Empire and the Sykes-Picot Treaty which redrew the borders of the Middle East and has resulted
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World War was an international disaster for most countries but wasn’t as significant to Russia like some of the other international. The Russian government had its own problems during the First World War‚ big problems like the Russo Japanese war‚ great Russian revolution as well aside from the Russia’s government deciding to entering the First World War. The First World War made the other problems even worse. Before Russia’s entry in WWI‚ Russia fought Japan in the Russo-Japanese war. The Russo-Japanese
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why Russia sent him to deal with Japan. Japan sent their Foreign Minister named Komura Jutaro to head the negotiations with Russia. Negotiations started with general disagreements on the outcome of the major land battles‚ such as the Battle of the Yalu River and the Battle of Mukden. Although the Japanese defeated the Russians in all of the battles‚ the Russians began arguing that the battles lacked strong evidence decisive enough for Russia to fully pay all the reparations from the war. Minister
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establishment of Russia becoming a major force in the European region. These rulers attempted to westernize otherwise old-fashioned cities such as Moscow. It was the start of the 19th century that Alexander I started to carry out plans to westernize Russia’s government by creating a Duma‚ which is “a representative council in Russia” (Merriam Webster). Russia later was involved in the Napoleonic Wars which played a key role in the alliance that overthrew the French emperor Napoleon I. The Napoleonic wars showed
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When the Russian and Japanese Imperialism made a massive impact in China‚ Korea feel like they feel like they need to be out of isolation. In 1894‚ when Japan defeated China‚ China is eliminated from taking Korea. Then in 1905‚ Japan defeated from Russia‚ Japan made their dominant power in Korea. So‚ when in 1910‚ Korea becomes into a Japanese Colony. A self constructed group (later to be known as the main source of resistance to Japan rule in 1930 called KPG‚ Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai
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