... there have been many reasons that a nation has been united or torn apart. One of the main reasons is the feeling of nationalism which is a strong sense of pride toward one's country. Nationalism played a big role in both the unification of the German states and the decline and breakup of the Ottoman Empire. Before 1848, Germany consisted of a number of independent states that all had separate ... governments. During this period of time there were many attempts to unify the states but none of them were successful. Then in 1862, Otto von Bismarck became the Prussian chancellor, and he had...

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... they were stronger. Britain signed an agreement with France in 1904 and another with Russia in 1907. 1900 is the time tension began to show and increased. Anglo-German naval rivalry is an example when Germany had plans to build a powerful navy, therefore ... . With all this in mind it created a lot of stress and strain from all countries, with Germany's main worry of the "encirclement" so it devised the Schlieffen Plan. The Schlieffen Plan was also devised because in 1914 war seemed very likely especially with Russia. If that was to happen Germany assumed ... was forced to withdraw tro...

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