German Foreign Policy International Relations 1871 - 1914 Part 1 1 Background Unification of Germany The Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 redrew the map of Europe and established the Confederation of German States (39 of them) which were under the control of Austria-Hungary. 2 Germany 1815 3 German Unification Prussia‚ the largest of these states‚ wanted to end Austrian domination and unite the states into a new German Empire under her own
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How valid is the claim that in 1914 states went to war due to fear rather then motives of gain?Austria ’s quarrel‚ Germany ’s warOne of the theories about the outbreak of the First World War is that nations went to war not to necessarily gain something but mainly because of fear which caused by many different factors. Europe before the war can be compared to a round-about with the countries involved‚ Germany being the central pole‚ speeding up and thus causing the nations into uncontrollable chaos
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Ngo Country’s Position Since Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence in February 2008‚ the political status of Kosovo within the Republic of Serbia remains a highly contentious issue that has yet to be resolved. However‚ if the Balkans is to be integrated into the European Union in the near future and to become a stable and prosperous region in Europe‚ the Kingdom of Spain believes that this contentious issue must be resolved in a peaceful manner‚ resulting in an agreement that
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Chapter 23 - Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750-1914) 1. Population Revolution 2.Conservatives 3.Liberals 4. Chartist movement 5. Revisionism 6.Mass leisure culture 1. List and explain the three forces of change behind the Age of Revolutions. 2. Describe demographic change in Western Europe. 3. How were social groups impacted by this population growth? 4. How did the population upheaval and creation of a wage-earner
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Chapter 6: The Roman Empire The age of Augustus (31 B.C. – A.D. 14) In 27 B.C.‚ Octavian proclaimed the restoration of the Republic to appease the senatorial aristocracy. The Senate awarded him the title of Augustus (revered one). He preferred the title princeps meaning chief citizen and established the principate – a constitutional monarch with the senate as co-ruler. This compromise made the senate very happy. In reality‚ he held the real power. A. The New Order Under the new constitutional
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The Causes of the First World War Chardai C Guthrie Seaford Senior High School The Causes of the First World War The First World War was a war between the great European empires and was fought from 1914 until 1918. The alliances were the Triple Alliance (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy) and the Triple Entene (Britain‚ Russia‚ and France). The war was caused by a chain of events that built up more tension and rivalry throughout the years. There were many causes as to why the war built up
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Compare and contrast Alexander II and Alexander III Although they were father and son‚ the reigns of Alexander II and Alexander III took off in completely different directions. Alexander II was committed to his empire by vowing to reform Russia‚ making it more in line with nineteenth-century western society. His son‚ on the other hand‚ was the unprepared tsar‚ whose actions were literally reactions to his father’s unexpected assassination. Consequently‚ Alexander II went down in history as much
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Military: The Yugoslav Crisis Hupchick‚ Dennis: (1995) Conflict and Chaos in Eastern Europe. New York. St. Martin ’s Press.‚ pp. 47-78 Jelavich‚ Barbara: (1983) History of the Balkans Norris‚ Harry‚ T.: (1993) Islam in the Balkans: Religion and Society between Europe and te Arab World. Columbia.‚ pp. 78-99 Ramet‚ Sabrina (1992): Balkan Babel: Politics‚ Culture‚ and Religion in Yugoslavia Singleton‚ Fred: (1985): A Short History of Yugoslav People. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.‚ pp. 125-258 Huseby-Darvas
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OPEC Presented By Ashok‚ Vinod and Prashant AGENDA Introduction to OPEC OPEC Important Events Present and Future Feedback Introduction What is OPEC? The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a permanent‚ intergovernmental Organization‚ created at the Baghdad Conference on September 10–14‚ 1960‚ by Iran‚ Iraq‚ Kuwait‚ Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Members Qatar (1961) Indonesia (1962) – suspended from January 2009 Libya (1962) United Arab Emirates (1967)
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let alone an integrated portrait that could have been formed by sharing information between them. When it surfaced that the top executives of Adelphia‚ WorldCom‚ and Tyco had engaged in criminal and fraudulent behaviors‚ added to the previous crises‚ the stock market plummeted. Furthermore‚ corporate heroes and major cultural icons such as Martha Stewart and General Electric’s Jack Welch had their reputations seriously tarnished as the result of "corporate improprieties." While none of these
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