The Most Important Problems in Today’s World There are many problems facing the world in today such as a nuclear weapon‚ a conflict of Middle East area‚ starvation in Africa and so on. Of course‚ above problems are also serious but I think that the most serious problem facing the world is an environmental problem and to be specific‚ I’d say a global warming. Albert Gore states “Global warming will be the greatest environmental challenge in the 21st century.” So what is The global warming
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The long-term origins to World War One start back in 1870 with the Franco-Prussian War. In the Franco-Prussian war France lost to Germany which lead to the two countries never being in an alliance with one another. Once the war was over it lead to the forming of the triple Alliance which was one of the main alliances during the first world war. The Triple alliance was made up of the countries - Germany‚ Austo-Hungery and Italy‚ and it was first formed because Germany needed help to guard Alsace-Lorrain
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World War I broke out across the continent of Europe causing massive destruction along the way. A war like this did not just simply happen overnight‚ it had many preconditions and precipitants that lead to the whole continent getting into a World War. There were four major ideas that led the nations of Europe to take up arms against each other. The precipitants include the death of France Ferdinand all the way to the declaration of war. These major ideas were nationalism‚ imperialism‚ technology
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Main Cause Of World War One Going into a war that was predicted to change the world‚ soldiers were excited‚ however‚ they came home sad‚ broken and depressed if they even survived. This war was called World War One‚ The War to End All Wars‚ or The Great War. It was a violent battle between the triple entente and the triple alliance that dragged many other nations to war as well. The Triple Entente was made up of France‚ Russia‚ and Great Britain. The Triple Alliance was made up of Germany‚ Austria-hungary
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The First World War (Revision) The rise of Germany upset the balance of power in Europe The Old Balance of Power - a balance of power was established between Russia‚ Austria‚ Prussia and France‚ with Britain holding the scales. The rise of a unified Germany upset this balance. Germany was unified not only by ‘blood and iron’ but also by ‘coal and iron’. Rapid industrialization‚ concentrated military power‚ a young and dramatically increasing population (43% increase between 1880 and 1910)
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World War I is known as The Great War. It was an international war between aligned countries. A sense of nationalism‚ imperialism‚ alliances and militarism caused tension between the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. The Triple Alliance was made up of Germany‚ Austria and Italy. England‚ France‚ and Russia made up the Triple Entente. One action caused a chain of reactions that caused each country to become involved for their own reasons. World War I all started with an assassination. The
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World War I was an event that caused almost 10 million deaths in Europe‚ therefore killing off almost a generation of Europeans. It ended empires in Russia‚ Germany‚ and Austria Hungary and caused Russia to turn to communism and become a totalitarian state with Stalin in power. It created more rights for women and changed the social perspective of life to gloomy and pessimistic. The Congress of Vienna of 1814‚ created a long-lasting peace in Europe completed with regular peace meeting which proposed
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World war one is one of the most important events in world history. It took place in Europe in 1914-1918. The whole world participated this war. So everyone had some responsibility. There are more than one reasons for the outbreak of this war. Mainly‚ it was the expansion form of nationalism & the alliances system. Other issues played a major part too‚ such as imperialism‚ the industrial revolution‚ naval race and domestic factors. One of the main long term causes as I said before is Nationalism
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THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 1 World War 1 was fought between the allied and the central powers from 1914 to 1918. It was fought between the central powers consisted of Germany‚ Austria- Hungary‚ Turkey and Italy and the allies consisting of U.K ‚ France‚ Russia and U.S.A. The war in itself is considered a notable example of a total war as all the belligerents used every means of warfare including chemical warfare to try to win. The war ended with an allied victory after the armistice in 1918
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During the 19th century parts of Europe were uniting into modern countries. Most countries needed resources to grow and become stronger but did not have enough in their own country so they had to colonise. Nationalism made people believe they were the best country even if they were doing the wrong things. A fight for power happened when all the European countries wanted to prove that they were stronger and more powerful than the other. An armaments race happened when the Germans started to envy Great
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