What was the most important cause of World War 1 On Sunday 28th June‚ 1914‚ the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Throne‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ and his wife‚ were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip‚ part of a Serbian Terrorist Group‚ called the Black Hand at Sarajevo‚ the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovnia. This event and the tension between Europe was a trigger that set off declarations of war and resulted in World War 1. Tensions had been building up in Europe for decades through Nationalism‚ Imperialism
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B.O WWI There are many reasons why World War 1 occurred in 1914; many still remain controversial and have been argued by many historians. The alliance system was the major role in the cause of the First World War‚ as well as the most controversial. However‚ like James Joll points out‚ there were other factors as well but the alliance system helped “shape it.”1 An alliance is “a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.”2 This been said the alliances
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Ferdinand by a Serbian group called the Black Hand‚ war broke out between Austria-Hungary and Serbia‚ eventually spreading to include many major powers of the time. During the summer of 1914‚ after refusal from Serbia to hunt down the group responsible for killing the archduke and failure to meet the conditions of the ultimatum given‚ Austria-Hungary prepared for an invasion of Serbia. Knowing that Russia was an ally of Serbia leaders fears that declaring war could potentially bring Russia’s allies‚ France
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The world between 100 C.E. and 600 C.E. in the classical era witnessed the collapse of major civilizations in Rome‚ India and China. Rome‚ in the west‚ evolved from a strong centralized state to a position of complete political fragmentation. It was a society that was at its cultural height in creativity that ended in total decline; however‚ in the eastern portions of the Roman Empire there was political continuity and centralization of state as seen in the Byzantine Empire‚ which split Rome into
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In 1853‚ Western imperialism was at its height. It was spreading to several countries. British colonized India‚ the dutch colonized Indonesia‚ the United States colonized the philippines‚ and the french colonized vietnam. In 1929‚ the crash of the stock market brought a worldwide depression‚ known as the Great Depression. The depression caused instability in many countries. International commerce declined and tax revenues‚ profits‚ and personal income decreased. The great depression especially impacted
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Between 200 B.C.E. and 1100 C.E. some aspects of cultural and political life changed between the Roman and Byzantine Empire while‚ other aspects continued. The aspects that continued politically are strong centralized political system‚ with an emperor overseeing. The aspects that changed politically are the way provinces of the empire were ruled. The aspects that continued culturally are the wealth‚ trade dependence‚ and pride. The aspects that changed are the religion‚ language‚ and military defense
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Why Did The First World War Break Out in 1914? Well there are many reasons why the First World War broke out in 1914. Firstly the war began when someone shot 1 bullet and then the whole war started. In this essay I will be talking about why the world war broke in 1914 and what are the causes of this war. The answer to this question is that the war began because of Militarism‚ Imperialism‚ Nationalism‚ Alliances and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. It was like a domino effect. (Source 5)
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when the Allied Powers won World War 1‚ because of the Axis powers loss they had to give up a substantial amount of land for other countries like latvia‚ Lithuania and etc. The economy collapsed and the political instability caused by World War 1 lead to the rise of fascism in Europe to World War 2. The Nazi version of fascism was dedicated to the reversal of the Versailles Treaty which was signed to end the first war‚ and the establishment of a German Empire by means of war and conquest. Germany
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Technology greatly affected the way in which wars were fought‚ especially in World War I. The inventions of the repeating machine gun‚ the development of poison gas‚ and the introduction of the first tanks caused armies to fight using the bunkering method. This allowed men to huddle in trenches along what are called skirmish lines and throw‚ lob‚ and fire by other means weapons to cause damage while men were protected by about 4 to 5 feet deep earth. This caused men to fight in rear or echelon columns
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World War 1: The Effects of U-Boats and Machine Guns Growing tensions between world powers for dominance and resources helped bring about one of the deadliest wars in human history. It was the first major war in an industrializing world‚ and technology was beginning to grow exponentially. New weapons such as the machine gun‚ tank‚ U-boat‚ advanced lethal chemicals‚ and airplane completely changed the face of battle. The machine gun and U-boat ultimately had a larger strategic effect‚ but overall
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