CAUSES( also from janki mam’s book) Arms race The naval race between Britain and Germany was intensified by the 1906 launch of HMS Dreadnought. She was revolutionary‚ rendering all previous battleships obsolete. Britain had also maintained a large naval lead in other areas particularly over Germany and Italy. Paul Kennedy pointed out both nations believed Alfred Thayer Mahan’s thesis of command of the sea as vital to great nation status; experience with guerre de course would prove Mahan false
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of war. An example we can look at is Kaiser Wilhelm II’s foreign policy. ‘A place in the sun’ is the name that is given to his desire to have a large overseas empire by taking over other countries‚ and this drove the Kaiser to get involved in many other imperialistic incidents that led to war. One incident is the naval race. To get this empire Wilhelm wanted‚ Germany required a large and powerful navy which led him to rapidly develop his navy. In fear that Germany was doing this to prepare for war
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World War I (WWI) was a global war concentrated in Europe that began in July 1914 and lasted until November 1918. It was also termed the World War or the Great War until WWII. The war was comprised of all the world ’s great powers‚ which were collected in two contrary alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom‚ France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally the Triple Alliance of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy). The appearance of the Triple Entente as a counterbalance
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the European war”*. This is illustrated in the latter stages of the 1800’s with the introduction of the expansionist policy of Weltpolitik – implemented by Kaiser Wilhelm in 1890 – which is a foreign policy aimed at achieving power by attaining an empire. There was an undisputable will to war amongst the German hierarchy throughout the 18th and 19th century and this is epitomised in their belief that major conflict was fundamental. Also the Austro-Prussian war of 1866 showed a clear attempt to expand
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species of tulip native to Holland. Tulips belong to Central and Western Asia and it were the nomadic tribes who brought the tulips to Turkey. Turkey was called the Ottoman Empire in olden days. It were the Turks who popularized this beautiful spring flower‚ tulip. In the late 16th century‚ a European ambassador visited the Turkish Ottoman Empire. He was fascinated by the tulip garden of the Sultan. As a token of friendship‚ the Sultan presented the ambassador with bulbs and seeds. Ambassador presented
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World History Review sheet Foundations of Civilization (Prehistory–3000 B.C.): Summary A key to understanding history is studying the five themes of geography: location‚ place‚ ____ ____ ____‚ movement‚ and region. With the help of modern science‚ archaeologists analyze early human remains and reconstruct how early people lived. Historians learn about the past by examining and evaluating written evidence and other records. The earliest period of human history is called the____ ____ ____. Paleolithic
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some of their land (Alsace and Lorraine). This is just one example showing that Germany want to become stronger and bigger than they were before. The Russian empire controlled Poland which showed they were making a advance to get a port at sea so the could have a use for their ships that they have built (dreadnoughts). Also the Ottoman Empire was decreasing fast so they would also want to gain some land back. The arms race and the naval race were also a great long term cause of WW1. As one country
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THE CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION · -In the 1780’s long standing resentments against the French monarchy made France angry. · -Louis XVI was an ineffective leader · -Minimum or below pay for work. · -Political conflict · -People hated their Queen (Austria) · -High taxes · -Starvation · -Huge division between rich & poor THE STORMING OF THE BASTILLE · -This major event of the revolution happened because Louis made a serious
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Change-Over-Time Essay These are some general issues with the essays: 1. Choice of region for the topic made it difficult to provide strong historical evidence. Certain regions provided more opportunity for discussion than others. 2. Placed emphasis of essay on the wrong theme (i.e. wrote more about the social aspects when your topic was political). 3. Discussed evidence out of chronological order. It is much easier to trace cause and effect and continuity and change patterns
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He argued‚ nevertheless‚ Mamluk pashas at no time renounced allegiance to the sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He went on to explain how they defended Iraq from the Wahhabis and Persians but did not create war on neighbors within the empire. They were the only Islamic dynasty that withstands the invasions of the Turks and Mongol. They were slave boy children captured and trained carefully groomed for life as military
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