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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - The Road to WWI

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914) in the Balkans in the summer of 1914 set off a chain of events that led to the First World War (1914-18). For over a decade before, imperialistic...
The Causes of WWI
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The Causes of WWI

The origins of the First World War (1914-18) are many and varied, with some even dating back several decades, but a political assassination in the Balkans in the summer of 1914 was the spark that blew up Europe's political powder...
Mehmed II
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Mehmed II

Mehmed II (1432-1481 CE), also known as Mehmed the Conqueror, was the seventh and among the greatest sultans of the Ottoman Empire. His conquests consolidated Ottoman rule in Anatolia and the Balkans, and he most famously triumphed...
Lepenski Vir
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Lepenski Vir

Lepenski Vir (Serbian Cyrillic: Лепенски Вир, “Lepena Whirlpool”) is an ancient settlement on the banks of the Danube in eastern Serbia; more precisely, in Boljetin village, near Donji Milanovac. The site shows evidence of a culture...
Mahmud II
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Mahmud II - Reformist Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Mahmud II was one of the most influential sultans of the Ottoman Empire. As a radical reformer, he strove to implement military and governmental reforms to prevent the empire from collapsing. His removal...
Ottoman Empire
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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Sultanate (1299-1922 as an empire; 1922-1924 as caliphate only), also referred to as the Ottoman Empire, written in Turkish as Osmanlı Devleti, was a Turkic imperial state that was conceived by and named after Osman...
Despotate of Epirus
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Despotate of Epirus

The Despotate of Epirus was one of the successor states of the Byzantine Empire when it disintegrated following the Fourth Crusade's capture of Constantinople in 1204 CE. It was originally the most successful of those successor...
Gavrilo Princip
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Gavrilo Princip

A photograph of Gavrilo Princip (1894-1918) taken after his arrest for the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914), heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife on 28 June 1914. Princip was a member of the Black Hand...
First Serbian Uprising Assembly
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First Serbian Uprising Assembly

Orašac Assembly, 14 February 1804, drawing included in Konstantin N. Nenadović's Život i dela velikog Đorđa Petrovića Kara-Đorđa I, p. 48, 1903. The Orašac Assembly saw 300 Serbian chiefs and rebels organize to revolt...
Lithograph of Miloš Obrenović
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Lithograph of Miloš Obrenović

Miloš Obrenović, lithograph by unknown artist, included in Konstantin N. Nenadović's The life and works of the great Đorđe Petrović Kara-Đorđe, p.539, 1903. Prince of Serbia and a leading figure of Serbian nationalism...
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