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    His campaign in 1521 against the Hungarian city of Belgrade proved to the first of his many expansion in Hungary during his reign. Belgrade fell to the Ottoman’s on August 29th 1521 after Suleyman and his army led a march into the city, besieging it. This campaign to get Belgrade was one against the Hoy Roman Emperor, Charles V, who wished to stop the expansion

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    Franz Ferdinand was the Archduke of Austria and the heir apparent of the Austro–Hungarian Empire. Ferdinand’s unpopularity stemmed from the policies he intended to implement as Emperor and his poor attitude. Surprisingly, Ferdinand was a family man – the happy husband of Sophie Chotek and the devoted father of three. Moreover, Franz Ferdinand suffered from tuberculosis and many believed that he would not live to inherit the throne. Franz Ferdinand traveled to Sarajevo, Bosnia to inspect their imperial

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    may of 1882. This alliance was made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. (Kann) Although Germany and Austria-hungary were allies before the formation of the Triple Alliance, Italy was not added into the Alliance until they wanted assistance with France. France at this time beat out Italy in obtain some of North Africa. (Britanica) The terms of this alliance were that if Italy was ever attacked by France, Germany and Austria-Hungary would come to its assistance. It also stated that, if Germany

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    went the way we voted. Lastly in article five, we voted to pass motions one and five. We voted to pass those two as we believed Germany, Russia and Serbia were the causes of WWI. We believed this as the assassination of Duke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary started a chain of events which created the war. As Serbia was blamed for this assassination it caused

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    confusion. But you have to wonder what path led the society of this time to such destruction. The war was centralized mainly in Europe. Especially in Austria, where in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated; bringing tensions between Austria-Hungary and Serbia to an all time high. Soon, Austria declared war. This set off a chain of alliances all around the world. However, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand wasn't a direct cause of World War One. Rather, the three main causes of World War One

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    The Many Factors That Lead To The First World War The events that result to or lead to the outbreak of a war form part of history that is highly analyzed and discussed over historical times for number of significant reasons. These reasons include giving answers to questions and shedding knowledge upon some particular patterns that may exist in war circumstances and giving an understanding on how and why they occur. For instance, the First World War was preceded by a number of events globally. The

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    felt threatened by Britain (as well as Russia) and promptly made Austria-Hungary and Germany worried about their trade. Nonetheless, this is not the underlying cause of war either. Control over more land doesn’t warrant a war. What actually started the war was the alliances between countries. Countries in Europe formed alliances with each other (e.g., Russia, Britain, and France in the Triple Entente and Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the Triple Alliance) (Doc A). The countries in the Entente

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    importance. Shown here below is pieces of evidence showing the effects of Nationalism that led towards World War I. Nationalism you could say is a big component to the cause of World War I. For example, the assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary; Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. The person responsible for Ferdinand and his wife’s death was, Gavrilo Princip, a man who was just twenty years old when he committed this crime. Princip was in a secret “Black Hand” society

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    Ww1 Causes

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    There are four main things that were going on in Europe that helped set up WW1: imperialism, nationalism, militarism, and alliances. The German Empire was created in 1871, and it started to industrialize rapidly. Also, it allied itself with Austria-Hungary and Italy. This alliance alarmed Russia, fearing that Germany would try to invade them. Thus, they allied themselves with France, who already held a grudge against the Germans. All these alliances encouraged militarism, which is essentially stocking

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    (WW1) was originated in Europe then developed into a global scaled conflict. It has lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Over sixteen million people were sacrificed as a result of this war. The main participants of World War 1 were Austria-Hungary, Serbia, Germany, Britain, France, Russia, Italy, the United States and other minor nations who were also dragged into this conflict. A variety of factors had contributed to WW1, however militarism has played the greatest role in causing WW1. Militarism

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