eager to meet and know the legendary women sequestered behind its guarded walls. Aside from being the Sultan’s private family quarters‚ the harem also served as a kind of high-end girls’ university. The most intelligent and beautiful women of the empire were brought there to receive the very best education available. Although technically slaves‚ they were rigorously trained in literature‚ music‚ poetry‚ and art. Their schooling was strict and took up much of the day. Those who were not chosen as
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are the most important ones that led to the start of the great war. Among these five‚ I believe that the alliances formed between countries are the main and most important cause of World War 1. The alliances between Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Ottoman Empire and France‚ Britain‚ Russia are formed because of the increasing political tension and untrust between the countries. At the time‚ the alliances may have helped promote peace and cooperation in Europe‚ but it was also an extremely risky arrangement
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is a “mess” for numerous reasons starting with the first world war. After the great powers of England and France won the first world war‚ there was a lot of land to divide up and give away. Through the Husan-McMahon Letter‚ a portion of the Ottoman Empire was promised to the Arabs in order for them to form there own homeland. Although‚ this land was promised land was also promised to the jews‚ who altimatley received there own homeland. The Arabs were angered by this which started a permanent
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their own entente‚ known as allied powers. The map in document A shows the European alliances in 1914‚ which was the year when the war began. Though‚ what it doesn’t show is that in 1915‚ Italy switched over to allied powers while Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire was added onto the central powers. The news cartoon‚ “The Crime of the Ages” in Document B shows all the countries involved with WWI pointing fingers at each other‚ except for Italy because Italy was just dragged into this. Without Italy the central
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CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I By 1914‚ the powder keg that was the imperial alliances had been given a crucial spark; the assassination of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered a series of war declarations that would eventually grow into the most devastating war the world had ever experienced. The assassination wasn’t the only reason. Several other causes‚ such as the M.A.I.N. causes (militarism‚ alliance systems‚ imperialism‚ nationalism)‚ the crises‚ and the annexation of Bosnia‚ had built
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assassination‚ the old Austrio-Hungarian Empire was built by conquest and intrigues‚ by sales and treacheries (The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand). Franz Ferdinand was a man who many believed would make this empire even more harsh and oppressive and these people fought against such an outcome. However‚ it has been noted by some that the changes Ferdinand wished to implement may have saved the nation‚ but while such radical reforms might have saved the empire‚ they were not popular among those
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Who- Winston Churchill convinced the Entente Powers to try to get control over western Turkey. The Entente Powers is made up by British Empire‚ French Republic and Russian Empire. Australian and New Zealand forces also joined in to help the Entente Powers. Winston Churchill had Admiral Sir Sackville Carden send him a plan for the naval attack in the Straits. Carden was replaced with Sir John de Robeck after collapsing. Ian Hamilton was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief who was then replaced Sir
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like to draw a line from the ‘e’ in Acre to the last “’k’ in Kirkuk.” This seemingly uncomplicated straight line on the map would be the line in the sand along which the then colonial powers of France and Britain would decide to partition the Ottoman Empire among themselves after its fall. Most of the territory to the south of this line would go to Britain‚ and that to the north would go to France. Since neither could agree over what to do with Palestine‚ it was decided it would be administered internationally
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did not realize the complex meaning of “to belong”. History gives us great examples of struggle for identification. In Southeastern Europe‚ at the turn of the twentieth century‚ political boundaries were unstable because of the Ottoman Empire. By applying force‚ the Ottomans influenced several states in terms of language and religion. Bulgaria was in the middle of this fight. Often if Bulgarians refused to accept the new religion and define themselves as Turks they were simply killed. This was a distinctive
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The Holy Roman Empire Xiao H. Feng(Amy) Prof. Mary A. O’Donnell November 26‚ 2007 HIS 1000C (3:35-4:30) Page 01 The Holy Roman Empire was an attempt to revive the Western Roman Empire‚ whose legal and political structure had deteriorated during the 5th and 6th centuries and had been replaced by independent kingdoms ruled by Germanic nobles. The Roman imperial office had been vacant after Romulus Augustulus was deposed in ad 476. But‚ during the turbulent early Middle Ages
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