HIST 2003 Lecture 1: Europe in 1900
12 Dec 2017
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The european great powers at the turn of the 20th century 1900. Importance of wwi: wwi led to the collapse of four empires (russian, german, austro-hungarian and. Cold war: the great war" determined much of the history of the modern world consider the rise of isis, sykes-picot agreement 1916 secret agreement of french governments, pertained to the. Middle east and how it would be divided up after the war. Monarchy, aristocracy: 1860"s prussia leads the process, role of prussian chancellor otto von bismarck and prussian king, william i, prussia wins wars with denmark (1864), austria (1866 after which austria becomes. Sea: german nationalists were calling for german expansion, but nowhere to expand as most areas had been divided up by older european powers, suffered from bad political leadership from kaiser wilhelm, who was radical and unpredictable. Posed a threat to germany"s neighbours: rise of german social democrats by 1900 they were the largest single political party in.
