Sarajevo

scavenging for their belongings. My parents got up and signaled me that we could get off now. The feel of excitement hit my body. My grandparents would be waiting for me inside the airport. As we go off the airplane and headed for the entrance of Sarajevo International Airport; I felt scared about seeing my grandparents…

Causes of the Great War The Great War, also known as World War I, was an event in Europe that caused ten million deaths over the course of four years. It is one of the worst wars in history. There are many contributing factors that caused the ‘’War to End All Wars’’. First, the Eastern and German questions remained unanswered. Second, the July Crisis of 1914, and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife. And third, there was a long lasting rivalry between the Great Powers. The…

only 21 years in between them. This paper chooses to explore the causes and effects. The similarities and the differences between these two great wars. On June 28, 1914 Gavril Princip a 19- year old Bosnian gun man waited along a parade route in Sarajevo, which was the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia.…

The Fall of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia was a nation that was formed in the aftermath of the First World War and was located in the South-East. Its inception was in the year 1918, and although it was created with an intention to remain intact as a republic, it did break up in the year 1992 to the current nations of Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. There were various. Its downfall was not a one-day affair and took quite sometimes before it was officially…

President William H. Taft was the twenty-seventh president of the United States of America. His presidential term lasted from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1913. Following President Taft, President Woodrow Wilson was the twenty-eighth president. His office term began on March 4, 1913 and lasted until March 4, 1921. His Vice President was Thomas R. Marshall and he stood by President Wilson’s side all eight years. President Wilson was born on December 28, 1856 in Staunton City, Virginia. He attended…

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungry, went to Sarajevo, Bosnia to inspect military troops in on June 28, 1914. That same day in 1389 Serbia was defeated by the Turks, so the day was very important to the Serbian people. Nationalists saw this demonstration of Austrian power coinciding with another defeat…

person that links Andy Warhol and Samuel Beckett. As a critic she wrote commentaries on both: art and literature. In 1964 Andy Warhol had made a Screen Test of Sontag in his Factory and almost twenty years later she directed Waiting for Godot in Sarajevo. They created a triangle contained of “low” and “hight” culture intertwined with critical interpretation (or the question on interpretation). In this essay I would argue that both: Beckett and Warhol in their works made a statement on art and…

First World War The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo, on the 28th of June 1914, was the direct cause of the beginning of the First World War (Gifford 18). Archduke Franz Ferdinand was an Austro-Hungarian royal prince of Hungary and Bohemia. He was born on 18th December 1863 in Graz, Austria (“Heir to the Austrian Throne Assassinated”). Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the eldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria. In 1875 Duke Francis of Modena passed away and Archduke…

and repeated itself again in 1911. This was also another trigger for the outbreak of World War 1. The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was the incentive that started World War 1. The publication of Ferdinand visiting Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia, it’s neighboring country, was the reason that led to his assassination. The Serbians were irritated; coincidentally, in June 28th, the Serbians had been conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the year of 1389.…

The end of World War left Europe with deaths and sadness. These famines happened over a period time of four years. The question is: what were the causes of the Great War? First there was a sense of tension between the major powers in which the alliances built up their warfare. Second these countries needed a reason to use their warfare in which they got when the Archduke Francis Ferdinand the Austro-Hungarian heir and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian, Gavrilo Princip. This assassination…