HIS242H1 Lecture 3: 3) Jan. 21
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Diplomatic crises and the origins of the great war, 1900-1914. Not true many significant conflicts between europeans and inside of. Many mass expulsions of people and massacre. Bulgaria half of the 1. 5 muslims were expelled of killed. Modern were therefore had been very deadly between the napoleonic. Therefore this notion was created after the war to try and explain it. 4) alliances: the alliance system escalated a relatively minor conflict into a world war, dual alliance, 1879. Arose out of the new german bismarkian system, which tried to isolate. Alliance is expanded to include italy: reinsurance treaty, 1879-1890. A non-aggression agreement between germany and russia: franco-russian alliance, 1892. Bismarck"s worst fear comes true and they form alliance: anglo-french entente, 1904. Reached over colonial issues: triple entente, 1907. 1) nationalism: large countries sought to be great powers, the idea of the nation state became associated with ethnicity, european great powers.
