The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is widely known as the ignition of World War I and‚ because of its effect‚ one of the most influential assassinations in recorded history. His death made him famous and triggered countless deaths. I believe that his death was a just one‚ not that any murder is just. Rarely in school do we go over the events of the assassination and the motives that drove it or the actions that elicited it. Nor have we been ever asked this question “did his actions precipitate
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such as going to war‚ then it gives the leader what he wants and more power over all the country from the supporters accepting what the leader advised what they should do. Serbian nationalism is the nationalism asserts that Serbs are a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Serbs. It is an ethnic nationalism. Pan-slavism in a general sense refers to the belief in a collective destiny of the various Slavic
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“What is Genocide?” The term genocide has been one of the most used terms in many on-going debates since the early 20th century. The Holocaust‚ which took place during World War II‚ is one of the most common cases of acts of genocide and is a main reason why the term genocide exists. Other widely known cases of genocide are the Rwandan genocide and the Armenian genocide. The question‚ however‚ that many historians and those with interests in genocide ask‚ is exactly what is genocide? Since first
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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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happened because the Austro-Hungarian government felt threatened. The Treaty of Berlin in 1878 allowed Austria-Hungary to occupy and run Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina both bordered Serbia‚ therefore‚ a big part of the population were Serbs. This is why the Serbian government hoped to ‘win’ Bosnia and Herzegovina. It would mean they would have more land as well as more nationalists. Events happening in the Turkish Empire made the government believe that it was necessary to end the opposition
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Descendants (1967)‚ The Old Playhouse and Other Poems (1973)‚ Collected Poems I (1984)‚ The Best of Kamala Das (1991) and Only the Soul Knows How to Sing (1996). Kamala Das’s English poetry has been published in Europe in French‚ German‚ Swedish‚ and Serb-Croat translations. She “wrote chiefly of love‚ its betrayal‚ and the consequent anguish‚ and Indian readers . . . responded sympathetically to her guileless‚ guiltless frankness with regard to sexual matters.” Married at a young age of 15 and encouraged
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about to explode. When Franz Ferdinand was assassinated it was the last straw. The Austrian-Hungarian empire took advantage of this horrible event to go to war. They blamed the assassination on the Serbs. They made a big list of demands that they couldn’t comply‚ to have an excuse to go to war. The Serbs were backed up by Russia; this made the tensions even worse. At the same time this was happening‚ the German prime minister Otto Bon Bismarck was fired by the Kaiser Wilhelm. Kaiser Wilhelm didn’t
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question however is the cause of the Great War; two major worldly forces grinding against each other or a single bullet fired by a rebellious Bosnian Serb? The 28th of June 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was going to make a speech in Sarajevo‚ a Bosnian city under Austria-Hungary’s rule‚ where the Black Hand (a group of nationalist Bosnian Serbs who wanted independence from the Austrian-Hungarian empire) were preparing to assassinate him. He survived the first assassination attempt‚ but was killed
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Impact of WWI When Great War started‚ it influenced the entire world policy and economy. Millions of people died and equal number of people became homeless. Big empires of 20th century fell apart and new small national countries were established. We can say that WWI caused a really big disaster‚ especially for country which was participant. But there are similarities and differences how it did effect. On different countries in the same way war had different influence. The example for that is
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I enjoyed reading Bertrand Russell’s essay “Unpopular Essays”. I gained a lot of useful ideas and knowledge from reading it. The mentioned section where Russell talks about “the demand for certainty…” was a fairly difficult part to fully understand. Russell talked about how as humans we thirst for absolute knowledge (certainty) and it is only human nature to do so. Ever since the civilization of man we have strived to master natural forces‚ of acquiring the knowledge and the skill required to produce
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