... they needed something to ignite it and that came in the form of the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand. Imperialism was one of these contributing factors to the state of play in 1914. Imperialism refers to the term "world power" as being defined as land ownership. Basically, countries went around and claimed pieces of land as their own and "pinned" them ... needed a large empire to do this. As countries found more land other countries became jealous and this caused the tension. Nationalism was another factor that contributed to the state of play in 1914. Nationalism is the belief that...

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... they are only thinking about themselves and what would transpire if they did help step-in and do something about the genocide. If they would have even helped for a very short period of time the chaos would have stopped, so the United States and Nato should be held responsible for the carnage in Bosnia. They let a country blow each other up ... ...

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... Germany wanted to extend their empire but both France and Britain wanted to get Empires in Africa. Before World War I there were other wars between each country, but they were short, one of them only lasted for six weeks. In the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, Germany had beaten France easily, the French gave two areas of land to Germany. The ... ...

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... the Balkan peninsula, wars were fought and lost which resulted in WWI. Although the Balkans were somewhat unimportant in relation to more powerful countries of the time, they managed to play an important part in the history of Europe through their determination. Within the tiny Balkan States, the nationalism of the early 19th century erupted into an ocean of patriotic fervor ... ...

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