territory by removing all Bosnian Muslims‚ the Bosniaks‚ after the president Tito died in 1980. In 1993‚ The UN learned about this cleanse and made Sarajevo and many other places safe areas for Bosniaks. Slobodan Milosevic responded to the UN by attacking Bosniaks and surrounding Sarajevo. He blocked all roadways and closed down all the airports in Sarajevo. The Serbs then opened fire on thousands of UN peacekeepers and other citizens. This was the largest massacre in Europe since World War 2 by killing
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Gavrilo Princip‚ the son of a postman‚ was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina in July‚ 1894. Gavrilo was one of nine children‚ six of whom died in infancy. His health was poor and from and early age suffered from tuberculosis. Princip attended schools in Sarajevo and Tuzla‚ but in May 1912‚ left Bosnia for Belgrade to continue his education. while in Serbia‚ Princip joined the Black Hand secret society. For the next two years he spent most of his spare time with other nationalists who also favoured a union
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back. By doing this‚ it produced more energy from the strings which gave a louder sound to the instrument in an orchestra. The cello is a bowed string instrument that is part of the violin family. The person who plays this instrument is called a cellist. It is the second largest instrument of the string instruments. The invention of wire wrapped strings gave the cello more versatility. By the 18th century the cello had replaced all other bowed instruments. Cello instruments are tuned in fifths. It
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Dual Alliance- World War 1 Gavrillo Princip- He assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in the parade in Sarajevo. MANIA- This is an acronym to help remember the 5 causes of World War 1. M-Militarism A-Alliances N-Nationalism I-Imperialism A-Assassination Nationalism William II Central Powers Invasion Gates- It was a nickname given to the route from Germany into France from Belgium and it was gone through so many times through the war it was nicknamed this. Trench Warfare- It was mainly
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separated into two heavily armed camps. Any spark would have been enough to ignite the war everyone expected. That spark was touched off in Sarajevo‚ the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In an attempt to ease tensions between Austria-Hungary and people in the Balkans‚ the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife made a ceremonial trip to Sarajevo. Ferdinand was in line to be the next emperor of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. The Archduke had made enemies in the neighboring kingdom
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The Blue Road in the story is representative of freedom‚ as it was the road used by Americans to get from Gorazde to Sarajevo. This‚ like the Drina River is full of symbolism for the Bosnian locals. While the Drina represented war‚ death and bodies‚ the Blue Road symbolized freedom. At the end of the novels‚ when the locals from Gorazde were able to use the Blue Road safely
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is in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war in 1901 through 1903. In the beginning of the book Zlata is a eleven-year-old girl living in Sarajevo. Her life is perfect and she comes from a high-class family. She is into piano lessons‚ friends‚ school‚ music‚ etc. Suddenly she looses all of that due to a horrifying experience of war. She would have never imagined her life turning out like that. She feels that the war is taking her childhood away‚ and she cannot live in peace. Sarajevo is being
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Austro-Hungarian empire was assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28‚ 1914 by a group of Serbian nationalists. This event began the struggle between Serbia and the Austro-Hungarian government. On 28 June 1914‚ the Archduke Franz-Ferdinand‚ wearing his seven lucky charm and his light-blue cavalry dress with bullet proof‚ and his wife visited Sarajevo‚ the capital of Bosnia‚ to review these troops. It was a sunny Sunday morning. Franz Ferdinand and his wife arrive at Sarajevo railway station at 9:30 a.m. The
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It was an Epiphany! The Young Narrator in Faye Weldon’s short story “Ind Aff‚ or Out of Love in Sarajevo‚” had a sudden intuitive leap of understanding or insight in her relationship to Professor Peter Picker. A sudden intuitive leap of understanding is also known as an Epiphany; can happen over a period of time‚ instantly‚ or a combination of both. Peter’s pessimistic attitude‚ disrespectful behavior‚ and borderline mental abuse towards the young narrator is what started the end of
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of discern. In the story “Out of Love in Sarajevo”‚ the main character is delusional about being in love with her college professor‚ Peter Piper. Contrary to her belief prior to her revelation‚ she was just obsessed with succeeding academically‚ thus outdoing her sister Clare. The opening setting of the story provides a hint to what the main character’s emotions were and how she would experience an unexpected life-changing decision: “it had rained in Sarajevo‚ and we had expected fine weather” (172)
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