Bela Bartok Bela Bartok was born on March 25th‚ 1881 in Baratian‚ a small town in Hungary. His father‚ Bela Bartok Sr.‚ belonged to a lower noble family of Hungary though his mother Paula came from a Roman Catholic Serbian family in Serbia. At an early age‚ Bela started showing talent for music and often distinguished rhythms when his mother played the piano. This was before he could even properly speak. At the age of 4‚ he played 40 pieces on the piano and his mother‚ recognizing his
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Paris Peace settlement‚ reshaped the international order. Before the First World War‚ Europe still dominated the world. Among the six major powers in Europe‚ Britain and Germany were the strongest and then came France and Russia. Italy and Austria-Hungary ranked the lowest. After the First World War‚ even the victorious powers received many benefits from the defeated countries‚ they also got affected by the casualties and destruction of the First World War and adopted appeasement policy. Hence‚ when
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The 3 main causes of World War 1 World war one‚ also known as the Great War‚ began in 1914 due to feuds between European countries. It was one of the worst wars of its time and had a huge effect on the people of the world. There are many different reasons argued for the cause of world war one and whilst there were many different reasons that contributed to the outbreak of the war‚ such as significant individuals or militarism‚ there were 3 main reasons for the start of World War 1‚ these reasons
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countries‚ but Moldavia‚ Walachia and Ionian Republic. Territories of today’s Croatia‚ part of Serbia‚ Slovenia‚ Hungary‚ Czech Republic‚ and Slovakia‚ half of Poland‚ South of Germany and North East of Italy were under Austrian Habsburg dynasty. It was all called Hungary and it had two regions- Galicia and Transylvania. The only country in East Europe that was free from Ottoman Empire and Hungary was Prussia who had its few possessions in Germany. Apennine and Iberian Peninsula had many small countries
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How valid is the claim that in 1914 states went to war due to fear rather then motives of gain?Austria ’s quarrel‚ Germany ’s warOne of the theories about the outbreak of the First World War is that nations went to war not to necessarily gain something but mainly because of fear which caused by many different factors. Europe before the war can be compared to a round-about with the countries involved‚ Germany being the central pole‚ speeding up and thus causing the nations into uncontrollable chaos
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as apolitical power play in Europe. Russian and Austria-Hungary competed for control of Balkan region. Many Serbians wanted to unite all Slavs into a one country‚ so Austria-Hungary started to worry for the Pan-Slavic movement and they annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina. This angered many Serbians‚ as they wanted to be in control of Bosnia. Thus‚ on June 28 1914‚ Serbians assassinated the heir of Austro-Hungarians throne. As a result‚ Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on 28th of July. Russia‚ which was
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The Central Powers accounted the following opponents: Germany‚ Bulgaria‚ Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (Williamson‚ 2003). Of all the countries fighting on the side of the Allied and Associated Powers‚ Great Britain’s motivation for entering the World War I on the side of the France was quite unusual. While Austria-Hungary declared the war on Serbia‚ because it was not satisfied with Serbia’s response to ultimatum‚ all other countries with Great
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first at its foreign policy‚ specifically from the point were Bismarck’s policy ended in 1890. <br> <br>After Bismarck’s dismissal the Kaiser and his advisers were convinced that the most likely wars in Europe were Germany against France of Austria-Hungary against Russia and in neither
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international organization to help them deal with their problems. L - Leadership: It was poor. Just look at the system they set up...quite poor indeed. These were the conditions facing Europe as a crisis emerged in the Balkans. The Archduke of Austria Hungary‚ a traditional power‚ was touring
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Dale Hsu Mr. Walker Social Study 9DEFG 21 April 2015 19th Century Nationalism Weakened Empires Nationalism spread and prevailed throughout Europe beginning in the 19th century. Nationalism is a desire for political independence under the leadership of people with the same nationality. The French Revolution that happened in late 18th century promoted a sense of nationalism and patriotism. It promoted individual citizenship of the French people and helped spread nationalism across Europe. During this
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