6/24/2023 0 Comments European war 1Modern-day Israel is, some of Saudi Arabia. Much of the Arab- especially the Arab world around But the Ottoman EmpireĬonsisted of modern-day Turkey and much of the World War I in 1914, Turkey was essentially part We see the country of Turkey, which is on Or nation or empire that we are not used to Was a very different or the other country Sometimes say, the powder keg of World War I. Least was the spark that fueled, that people Led to a lot of what happened in World War- or at Is that this desire to connect people with similarĮthnic or linguistic roots- linguistic backgrounds is what They're all very linguisticallyĪnd ethnically connected, so this whole regionĮthnically connected. Region right over here speaks a very similar-Įssentially, they're dialects of Serbian,Ĭroatian, Bosnian. The linguistic map, you see that this whole Thing for many of us, that that's actuallyĪustro-Hungarians that was now one region that they annexed. The Austro-Hungarian Empire formally annexedīosnia and Herzegovina. I started, because leading up to World War I, in 1908, If we're trying to get a sense of how World War Is probably the most important thing to understand This is kind of a zoom-in of theĪustro-Hungarian Empire leading into World War I. Spoke all different- all the different types To cobble together all of these folks that I'm familiar with some of these nations that have the wordĪustria and Hungary in them, but I'm not- what is thisĪustro-Hungarian Empire? And what's interesting about You might notice is this huge state calledĪustro-Hungarian Empire. Up a bunch of linguistic groups right over here that now have Or the early 1900s, around 1914, between themĪnd the Russian Empire, they essentially were swallowing The German Empire entering into World War I, But we recognize itĪs not being that different than it is today. If we rewind to the world ofĮntering into World War I, things were very different. The linguistic boundaries or the national boundaries In modern Europe, the country boundaries and Today's boundaries, the modern boundariesĪreas where there is more of a disconnect Notice is, for the most part, throughout most of Europe, Where do people speak German? And the thing that you will Much more focused on, where do people speak French. Top of that we see where the languages are spoken. Lines, these show where France ends and, say, See the country boundaries, the state boundaries, this Traditional map that you normally see where you just Thing about this map is instead of being the Modern Europe looks like, this is a map of modern Europe. Our modern world looks like, and especially what Modern world we live in was shaped to a largeĭegree by Word War I and then later World War II. Reason is is the world was very different leading up some want to claim that by kicking out the Muslims and Jews they deprived themselves of a key component of their economy from which they never really recovered. they were slow to industrialize - this is connected to number 4 above, and left them at a disadvantage compared with England, France, Germany, Netherlands.ħ. Further, local populations would eventually begin to revolt causing problems for Spain.Ħ. Also there was fierce competition for some territories as these became increasingly more difficult and costly to defend. their possessions in the "new world" brought much gold and silver but led to high inflation in Spain. a poor tax policy that did not support entrepreneurship and businesses which led to a weaker and less developed economy.ĥ. less capable rulers followed Philip and were unable to manage the vast empire as well.ģ. the defeat of the armada left them less militarily powerful - compared to England and France in particular, who eclipsed Spain in terms of wealth and power.Ģ. Ever since Philip II they were on a slow decline (compared to the other European nations) for several reasons:ġ.
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