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    Austria-Hungary and the South Slav nationalities that threatened the Empire both internally and externally. His death caused a costly war in terms of both lives and the economy in the South Slav region and further undermined the stability of Serbia. Princip assassinated the heir to the throne in an attempt to spark a revolution that would result in Slavic independence from Austria-Hungary. However, before his death, Franz Ferdinand supported economic development for Slavs within the Austro-Hungarian

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    What Started World War I

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    Austria-Hungary the Slavs were angry because they did not get equal rights and did not feel like they were being treated fairly, and when individuals do not feel the same way they start going at each other to achieve equality. Another conflict in the making was when the nationalistic movement wanted to unite the Slavs and separate from Austria and join Russia because most Slavs came from Russia and Russia could offer the Slavs protection. In order to make their movement know the Slavs formed a terrorist

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    consequences of angering Poseidon. Slav, on the other hand, escapes from a Gulag camp and must find his way to India. The conflict and themes these authors use reflect each other, despite these stories being drastically different. These alike concepts are what make the two novels so easily comparable. Though not apparent at first, the stories being told by these authors are two different interpretations of a similar plotline. The journeys of Odysseus in The Odyssey and Slav in The Long Walk are more alike

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    nation to determining the outbreak of the war is Serbia. Serbian Nationalism was the “driving force” behind every action leading to the “Great War:” “But a major goal remained for Serbian nationalism; the unification of the 7.3 million diverse South Slavs of varying religions who still lived in the neighboring Habsburg monarchy – whether Slovenian, Serb, or Croat, Muslim, Catholic, or Orthodox Christian – into a greater Serbia. It was within this framework of recent events – the military coup of 1903

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    state of terror. They were of Germanic descent, and reached the pinnacle of their strength during the early fourth century. Following the Goths were the Huns and the Avars. Meanwhile, the Slavs in the fifth century CE emerged and moved southward to come in contact with the East Roman Empire. The Slavs were split into three groups, called the Antae, Sclaveni, and the Venedi. Most historical references do not pay much attention to the Antic tribes, probably because of their disappearance in the

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    Walter Polter: Summary

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    Avars, Bulgarians, Slavs and Romans all seem to be people, but per Walter Pohl, they all are different based on the political and economic climate they lived in These four ethnicities are not necessarily people, they took on other ethnicities for political gain and economic wealth; so, their historical ethnicities are not accurate to their biological ethnicities. For example, the Slav were attracted to the Roman world, and often assimilated to the prestige

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    Serbian nationalist group called the Black Hand. The Black Hand was derived from a secret Serbian terrorist organization called the Narodna Odbrana, which worked towards the unification of all South Slavs in an independent, sovereign country called Yugoslavia. The Narodna Odbrana was created because South Slavs living in Serbia, as well as in Bosnia and other Slavic provinces, felt a strong nationalistic desire to unify all the members of their cultural group in a new country called Yugoslavia. The Black

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    is human instinct to fight for survival. For Odysseus and Slavomir, this survival instinct guides their lives and keeps them moving on the path home. While on their separate journeys, they both face insurmountable odds and obstacles. Odysseus and Slav have to carry on with their treks even when their comrades fall into the hands of death. They must rely heavily upon their wits, but they also accept the kindness others they meet along the way. These men keep moving to stay alive and to return home

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    The two stories of “Cinderella” are “Tam and Cam”; and “The twelve Months: A Slav legend adapted by Alexander Chodzko. These stories have similar ways in portraying the hard working Cinderella including her suffering, but they are different in Cinderella’s motive of rescue one tale use violence if necessary; the other just more of a genuine resourceful approach. This means this character isn’t relying on a prince charming to be her rescue, so this makes the concept different from the other because

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    to the Art Nouveau movement today, he was also a multi-talented artist. Some of his lesser known works are in the mediums of photography, oil paintings, and even jewelry design. Alphonse Mucha’s biggest contributions were in his Art Nouveau designs, Slav Epic paintings and his influence on subsequent artist. Mucha was a Czech artist that is recognized mostly for his decorative style of painting, references to Byzantine art, and muted (or pastel) color palette that became synonymous with the Art Nouveau

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