... World War I? Sure, it sounds like a pretty simple question, but it's most definitely not a simple answer! There was whole lot more to the start of the war than an Austrian prince being murdered in Serbia, as is what most people think was the whole cause of World War I. Besides, the effects of the war weren't just concentrated to a "post-war era ... the world and can be traced for generations after the war! Its not very rare that when a person is asked what caused World War I, that they"d answer saying: an Austrian Prince being shot in Serbia. However the assassination of Archduke Franci...

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... encounter between French Ambassador, Vincent Benedetti, and Prussian King, Wilhelm I, was a powerful catalyst of the war. The two diplomats met unofficially to discuss the succession of the Spanish throne. Prussian Prince Leopold was a candidate. This was unacceptable to the French, who feared encirclement of Prussian influence. Shortly after the Ems Dispatch was released to the public, France declared war on Prussia ... ...

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... of wealthy merchants dominating politics in several Italian city-states. Furthermore, following the return of Medici in 1512 forcing him into exile, a diplomat notably known as Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513. 7 His lectures became a political guidebook in advising rulers, where he believed that being politically effective outweighed morality. In addition, England and France became unified under strong monarchs in ... ...

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... royal thrones has been around for hundreds of years. Cultural transmission occurs in all countries whether it is passed on from parent to child or from the King to the prince. The ability to carry on a culture relies on the ability to carry on tradition. The norms of society seem a little different than those in the states. People seem more casual ... ...

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... £500.000 Calais, Cherbourg, Brest, Bordeaux and Bayonne were taken back by French forces during the next fifteen years. The age of chivalry Edward III + eldest son the Black Prince - symbols of the "code of chivalry": if insulted, served God and the king, and defended any lady in need Legend: Once, lady at court accidentally dropped her garter and Edward ... ...

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... an excellent harpist and dancer. Austria and France had been at war with each other many times. Having settled their differences, Marie's mother arranged for her marriage to the crown prince of France. Marie was only 15 years old, and Louis was only 16. The marriage between Louis XIV and Marie was really an arranged marriage between the two countries, which ... ...

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... most powerful allies of Europe, but peace with France would not last very long. Germany and France confronted each other in 1870 when the Spanish Crown was offered to a Prussian Prince. This caused France great alarm, they felt threatened by the fact that Spain would have a German influence and soon France declared war on Germany. Quickly France was invaded by Germany ... ...

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The Eiffel Tower In 1889, the Prince of Whales opened la tour, which was meant to commemorate the French Revolution centenaire. This took place during the International Exhibition of 1889 in Paris, France. In the planning stages ... ...

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... , Germany, and Russia) in 1881. This was difficult by the flaming Russian-Austrian relations in the Balkans, leading to the Bulgarian crisis of 1886-87 and the taking away of Prince Alexander. When the Three Emperor's Alliance broke down, Bismarck negotiated the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia in 1887. The Reinsurance Treaty was a masterful success. Bismarck considered it necessary to keep the ... ...

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... ancient Christianity was that of the papacy. The papacy went through a lot of changes during the medieval period. It gradually gained secular authority. For a time the Pope became a powerful lay prince as well as an ecclesiastical ruler when he gain more land through donations. He tried to establish secular as well as spiritual supremacy over the rulers. This intermingling of powers ... ...

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... . "When we have matched our rackets to these balls, we will, in France, by God's grace, play a set Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard. and tell the pleasant prince this mock of his Hath turned his balls to gun-stones;- ...

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... do. In order to understand the connection that Henry has to some characters in the novel, we have to go back to Henry IV. In Henry IV, King Henry is Prince Hal; a rambunctious youth that hangs out with, Pistol, Nym, and Bardolph, the lowest of common folk and has fun. One of these folks that Hal hangs with is Falstaff, an ... ...

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