HIS109Y1 Lecture : World War One
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Greatest destroyer of life and civilization and the new europe and the dynasties that had controlled europe for centuries- ww1. Century between congress of vienna and ww1 was the most peaceful time in. This indicated that the state system established at the congress of vienna created a very stable organization and structure wehre progress could take place and change could happen in a relatively peaceful way. Everyone on the continent was walking blindly into that event (ww1) Immediate causes of ww1: assassination of archduke franz ferdinand. Was assassinated in sarajevo in 1914- this t riggered ww1. This assassination attacked austro-hungarian empire as a whole. One of theories for him being shot: he married against wishes of his uncle and his marriage was not recognized by the hapsburgs. Other: he wanted to turn the dual monarchy into a triple monarch by giving the slavs some rule. Gavrilo princip shot archduke franz ferdinand- it was orchestrated by the.
