Central Europe

For centuries the people of Europe had been under the strong sway of the aristocracy that existed in European countries, however the development of colonies lead to a different type of aristocracy in the English colonies, the natural aristocracy. Aristocrats had always been the highest social class among European society, thanks to their large amount of wealth that had been passed down from generation to generation. The wealth that was passed down gave these select families massive amounts of…

would lead to drastic upcoming events centered in Europe. Creating a balance of power was not enough to prevent combat. More than 10 million lives of combatants and civilians lives were taken. In addition to the assassination of Archduke sparking the war, Alliances, Militarism, and Imperialism were the underlying causes of WWI. One underlying cause of WWI was the formation of alliances. The two opposing alliances consisted of the Allies and the Central Powers. Germany, Serbia, Italy and…

War I was formally called the “War to End all Wars”. This was because of the number of casualties. How could such a bloody and gruesome war begin? It began in Europe. Tension was building. Most countries were building up their militaries. This was called militarism. Alliances were taking over Europe. The two main alliances were the Central Powers (Germany, the Ottoman Empire) and the Allied Powers (France, United Kingdom and Russia). The turning point was when Archduke Ferdinand of…

Congo to the great colonial powers in Europe. The Central African region where the Congo is located had held European interest since the 1500’s, when the Portuguese first began the slave trade. After the slave trade, powers in Europe began to realize the potential of the African continent for colonial interests. Thus began the scramble for Africa, dividing the continent between several European countries. The Congo appealed to the colonial powers in Europe due to the availability of raw…

Europe is a very important region in the World. Many developed countries such as Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, and Spain located on this territory. These countries are playing asignificant role in the world political and economical system. “Colonialism is the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people.” Historically, countries such as Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portuguese send many expeditions to explore new lands and they…

by citing the collapse of central control of the Roman Empire in the West. While the Roman Empire did fall in the West leading to a serious reduction of material and intellectual culture, the Empire had to fall for modern Europe to rise. Much advancement occurred during this time and Europe went through many changes for its improvement. While the Middle Ages are known as the “Dark Ages”, the “Dark Ages” were not really dark as it was during this time that economy in Europe developed and…

the late fall of 1918, after the member countries of the Central Powers signed armistice agreements one by one. Germany was the last, signing its armistice on November 11, 1918. As a result of these agreements, Austria-Hungary was broken up into several smaller countries and Germany was under the Treaty of Versailles.…

As Napoleon continued in his campaign against Europe, he turned his sights to Switzerland. After his arrival, he successfully conquered Switzerland in 1798. His plans were to centralize the loosely governed country by imposing a constitution. In doing so he created the Helvetic Republic, a regime greatly disliked by Swiss natives. It is easy to reason that the regime was disliked since it was imposed by an invading country, but a big factor in the opposition was that the regime failed to…

Spain, Italy and later Germany and the rest of Eastern Europe. The entire…

The Mesopotamian city life diffused to Greece by 600 B.C., and modern western urbanization began in Greece. Greece contained five hundred cities, and the cities diffused through the Mediterranean Sea region to Italy, Spain, France, and northern Africa. The Greek empire had two distinct functional zones in Greek cities. The Acropolis are cities that have worship temples, and the seat of political power while Agora was the second city, and it was the province of the citizens. This zone was an area…