How WWI started The commonly held notion that it was started out of outrage over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie at the hands of Serbian nationalist secret society known as the “Black Hand” isn’t entirely correct. In fact‚ the Emperor Franz Josef himself expressed relief over the assassination because it rid him of an heir whom he deeply disliked. The Emperor commented that “God will not be mocked. A higher power had put back the order I couldn’t
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Austria Table of Contents Population Culture Tradition Way of Life Vegetation and Animal Life History Religion Arts Language Education Health Government Climate Trade Resources Agriculture Bibliography Austria Austria‚ a small country in Central Europe famous for its gorgeous mountain scenery. The towering Alps‚ and the foothills stretch across the western‚ southern
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Alcoholism in Hungary The effects of excessive drinking among young people. Bad influence or just having occasional fun? 1. Introducing the problem Immoderate drinking and its consequences cause a lot of problem today in Hungary. Approximately every tenth person has problems with alcohol and beside this our society is very forgiving towards this fact. 8000 people die because of drinking every year. Average a Hungarian person drinks 12 liters of clean alcohol yearly‚ and this is higher and higher
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1. Austria and Hungary were previously independent entities. Through the Compromise of 1867‚ the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary united‚ but previous boundaries were unaffected. Austria’s land before the compromise already wrapped around Hungary’s‚ so there was no change (Siegel). 2. Austria-Hungary decided to invest into a strong navy‚ as predicted. While a significant portion of people thought it was a waste of money‚ the government funded it for defense. These dreadnoughts and submarines
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war Imperialism A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force Nationalism devotion and loyalty to one’s own nation Central Powers An alliance between Germany‚ Bulgaria‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Bulgaria‚ and Ottoman Empire during WW1 Allied Powers Great Britain‚ France‚ Italy‚ Russia‚ and later the US Archduke Franz Ferdinand Heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was assassinated 28th June 1914 by Gavrilo Princip
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For the article on the war itself‚ see World War I. Personifications of Germany‚ France‚ Russia‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and the United Kingdom attempting to keep the lid on the simmering cauldron of imperialist and nationalist tensions in the Balkans to prevent a general European war. They were successful in 1912 and 1913 but did not succeed in in 1914. The causes of World War I‚ which began in central Europe in late July 1914 and finished in 1918‚ included many factors‚ such as the conflicts and
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Hungary Year of EU entry: 2004 Member of Schengen area:Yes Political system: Republic Capital city: Budapest Total area: 93 000 km² Population: 10 million Currency: forint official EU language: Hungarian Hungary is a landlocked state with many neighbours – Slovakia‚ Ukraine‚ Romania‚ Serbia‚ Croatia‚ Slovenia and Austria. It is mostly flat‚ with low mountains in the north. Lake Balaton‚ a popular tourist centre‚ is the largest lake in central Europe. The ancestors of ethnic Hungarians
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1918–1930s Louis P. Bénézet’s map of "Europe As It Should Be" (1918)‚ depicting nations based on ethnic and linguistic criteria. Bénézet’s book The World War and What was Behind It (1918) blamed on German aggression combined with perceived threats to the traditional social order from radicals and ethnic nationalists. Straight after the war Allied historians argued that Germany was solely responsible for the start of the war; a view influenced by the inclusion of ’war guilt’ clauses within the
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WWI and WWII: The Impact Written by: Aryaxxthexxelf :) ABSTRACT The assassination of a duke ignited WWI. Serbia and Austria-Hungary’s slight conflict drew a long chain of country alliances and treaties. Germany‚ Bulgaria‚ Italy‚ Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire battled against Great Britain‚ Russia‚ America‚ and France to determine not only the rightest but also the strongest. Germany left the long fight with nothing to spare but a ruined country and a broken economy‚ in other words
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where nationalism was creating huge tension at the time was Serbia. Serbians are part of an ethnic group called Slavs. Austria-Hungary‚ Serbia’s neighbour had a population that consisted of a high percentage of Slavs. The Serbians saw the Slavs in Austria as being oppressed and dreamed to unite them under one large Slavic state; the creation of this country would mean that Austria Hungary’s empire would split in two. This desire to unite all the Serbs lead to the
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