Austrian Empire

rule (document I). This was due to the Chancellor, Otto Von Bismarck, who annexed the northern German states to unify them with the rest of Germany. Through nationalism, they were able to create the Second Reich and strengthen Germany to become an empire. It is easy to say that without the unification of Germany World war one would've never taken place, but nationalism also had a direct cause to WWI through the Balkan…

World War I caused 8 to 9 million soldiers to die in Europe. It caused Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary empires to fall. 5 million civilians also lost their life due to famine, disease, and the uncontrolled manner of fighting. The war is largely considered to be caused, or more accurately “sparked”. by the actions of Gavrilo Princip took on Sunday, 28 June 1914, at approximately 10:45 am. Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian. The killer…

The nascent Ottoman Empire, founded by Osman I on the twenty-seventh of July, 1299 , existed in optimal conditions for expansion utilizing both conquest and diplomacy due to the status of propinquitous states: a derelict Byzantine Empire (as a direct consequence of the Fourth Crusade and the establishment of the Latin Kingdom) and various aggregate beyliks previously under the dominion of the expeditiously declining Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm. Osman I, entirely reliant upon Ghazi to facilitate his…

country, or event to blame for the outbreak of World War I because there are many factors. However, if there is one country to place a majority of the blame on it is the Austria-Hungarian Empire. The leadership of this great empire displayed stubbornness and a misplaced sense of arrogance. The Austria-Hungarian Empire was a dying bull that, before 1914, became tired with the international order. Historian Hew Strachan writes, “By 1914 Austria-Hungary had lost faith in the international order…

is best to start from the Concert of Europe which some would argue, is the first domino piece that started the sequence of events that led to the First World War. Ironically, the Congress of Vienna or Concert of Europe that was initiated by the Austrian State Chancellor, Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich as means to address issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars (1791- 1802) and…

The Ottoman empire was a vast and powerful empire, but in the 18th century suffered military problems and challenges to its rule. These problems in fact were solved by reformations and the creation of the “Tanzimat”, which were a series of series of reforms that brought over culture, education, society, and religions more in line with Europe. The western reforms allowed the Ottoman empire to improve in their military army, their education, and economic, which they were struggling in before the…

and endured, a number of rulers, but none, perhaps, was so great an influence on modern Germany as Prince Otto von Bismarck the ‘Iron Chancellor’ of Germany. After hundreds of years of war, which stretched from the beginning of the ancient Roman Empire to the present time, Bismarck transformed the region of Germany…

Bolstered by the growing dissent of autocracy and conservatism and the rise of liberalism, nationalism, and socialism, the 1848 Revolutions caused numerous uprisings and ideal shifts in Europe. Throughout France, as well as Italy, Germany, the Austrian Empire, riots and progressive governmental changes -- universal suffrage, freedom of the press, and cultural recognition -- succeeded momentarily but were soon crushed by conservative opponents, leaving behind little difference and cynicism. The…

European-wide expansion. Napoleon wanted to expand his empire to be all over Europe. Napoleon had almost accomplished this goal, but due to a mishap when trying to invade Russia he was he was exiled to the island of Elba. Napoleon seemed to have a weakness with certain battle strategy and over confidence which led to multiple downfalls of the the French military. Napoleon’s plans for the revolution to allow him to push France to be a European-wide empire was a failure due to his and his…

and agreed to respect the integrity of the Ottoman Empire. In some ways Austria was the biggest loser. Having chosen to defy the Russians in the Balkans, she lost her main ally, and over the next few years found that Britain and France were not interesting in propping her up. Indeed, within three years the War of Austria with France and Piedmont lost her much of her Italian possessions, while the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 ended any Austrian influence in Germany. Tsar Alexander II, who came to…