The immediate cause of World War 1 was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. However‚ various events throughout the nineteenth century created conflict between countries that fueled the start of the war. This essay examines these factors and their contribution to the start of the war. The factors discussed in the essay include nationalism‚ militarism‚ and imperialism. All these factors contributed to the conflict that existed between the two blocks that participated in the war. The essay
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Which technology was most effective during WW1 Machine guns were invented to cause a lot of casualties on both war fronts in World War One. Men who went over-the-top in trenches stood little chance when the enemy opened up with their machine guns. Machine guns were one of the main killers in the war and accounted for many thousands of deaths. This British machine gun is being fired by a team of two who are wearing early gas masks in case of a gas attack. To ensure that the machine gun’s barrel
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South Africa represents a diversity of human experiences which includes the inception of farming as way of life‚ and the construction of large urban centres. Moreover‚ it is a territory where along the years we can identify different shifting systems of beliefs‚ technological and economic changes due to European cultural influences. The first European influence appeared in 1488 when a Portuguese ship rounded the Cape of Good Hope. In the next centuries‚ both the British and the Dutch
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Which Dress Do You Like Best? The following memory I will outline may seem an excessively informal anecdote for a paper as such but it reveals truth in the point I will be presenting. When I was a senior in high school and prom season arrived it was a common practice among me and two other friends to go shopping for our dress on Saturdays. The drill consisted of trying on several dresses and asking the two other friends their opinion‚ when we found a dress that all three agreed on (given the price
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The reason Jamestown is significant in World History is because it is known as the first permanent English settlement. In the year 1606‚ King James I had given the first charter allowing English entrepreneurs to set sail with the Virginia Company on the quest to find not only gold‚ but also a form of settlement in North America. Their captain was Bartholomew Gosnold‚ a gentleman but also a pirate. Bartholomew played a significant role in the finding of Jamestown‚ therefore‚ without him there would
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European Expansion and Colonization In the sixteenth century‚ the ability of the Europeans to be able to colonize land across the seas can be accounted to changes occurring in trade and technology. After the black plague‚ the European economy was beginning to recover and looking to expand. Technologies in sailing also saw great advancements during this time period‚ allowing the Europeans to cross the seas successfully. First of all‚ the European economy was able and moving toward expansion
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Before South Africa was colonized by the Dutch and British‚ the African societies were farming-based communities. But when Jan Van Riebeeck‚ an official of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)‚ came to South Africa in 1652‚ African Societies where changed under European Colonial rule (“History”). When the Dutch came over‚ the African rulers began to trade with the new settlers. What the rulers traded the most were firearms because the more guns‚ knives‚ etc. the rulers had in their possession‚ the
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Do you believe in fairies? If not‚ say you were presented with photographic evidence of fairies? Would you believe it then? That was the dilemma in Cottingley‚ England in 1917. When two young girls took five photos of fairies‚ sparking national discourse between believers and nonbelievers. In 1917‚ two girls were playing in their backyard‚ a little rougher than they were told they should. One of the girls‚ Frances Wright‚ slipped and fell into a streams near where they were playing. When she and
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for abundance of resources and markets emerged‚ imperialism arose. Under imperialism‚ stronger nations attempted to create expanded empires by dominating weaker nations. Imperialism substantially influenced the 19th century throughout the entire world by increasing power of Britain’s economy and political power. However‚ imperialism brought upon many changes to many countries‚ for better and for worse‚ in Africa and China. Countries resisted imperialism and wanted to stay isolated and independent from
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During the 1890s‚ the United States was expanding its territory and power internationally in the pacific and in Latin America. We slowly rose up economically as we made business alliances with other markets‚ and we rode up politically as we have been successful in battles and wars. Our motives for invading and expanding are examined as we examine our successes throughout the New Era and the World Wars. America had wanted to expand outward and was imperializing surrounding countries for economic and
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