ECH 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Treaty Of Versailles, Ottoman Empire, Total War
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World war 1 (the great war) (1914-1918): mutual defensive alliances. (international system) Imperialism and militarism. (competition for resources in the colonial world like africa and asia: nationalism (collapsing austro-hungarian and ottoman empire) Began among european states on european battlefields, but later extended across the globe. The great war was the first modern and industrialized total war, as the belligerents (persons involved in the war) mobilized their populations, economies, and their armies. (read more at bottom from class notes) The first world war (1914-18) caused the demise (death) of germany, russia, austro. Post ww1 (how to prevent another world war?) The collapse of four european empires (russia, germany, austro hungary, and ottoman empire) due to the high cost from the war. Versailles treaty in 1919 and wilson"s 14 points. ;self determination for nations (one of wilson"s main 14 points) It is the civilians rights to ask to become a country when in an empire, but not under.