(The Herald, 2006) In 1989 President Milosevic stripped Kosovo of its autonomy. This extreme political move caused even the moderate Albanians within Kosovo to radicalize their political positions, at the same time the entire Albanian student population was forced out of the educational system and this allowed extremists to indoctrinate the Albanian youth attending private schools. In addition to this, other Yugoslav Republics
The Genocide of the Armenians by the Turkish government during World War I represents a major tragedy of the modern age. In this the first Genocide of the 20th century, almost an entire nation was destroyed. The Armenian people were effectively eliminated from the homeland they had occupied for nearly three thousand years. This annihilation was premeditated and planned to be carried out under the cover of war. During the night of April 23-24, 1915, Armenian political, religious, educational, and intellectual leaders in Istanbul were arrested, deported to the interior, and mercilessly put to death.
In June 1914, a Serbian nationalist assassinated him and his wife while they were in Sarajevo, Bosnia which was part of Austria-Hungary. This was in protest to Austria-Hungary having control of this region. Serbia wanted to take over Bosnia and Herzegovina. This assassination led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. When Russia began to mobilize due to its alliance with Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia.
The Christian army was utterly destroyed in the Battle of Varna. John Hunyadi managed to escape the battle under conditions that add little glory to the White Knight's reputation. Many, apparently including Mircea and his father, blamed Hunyadi for the debacle. From this moment forth John Hunyadi was bitterly hostile toward Vlad Dracul and his eldest son. In 1447 Vlad Dracul was assasinated along with his son Mircea.
Small groups began to form, each planning their own path to Constantinople; that was where they would meet. Their plan was to attack the Turkish forces in Constantinople and regain control of the city. The pope called for all knights, kings, warriors and even commoners to take up arms and get back the holy land. The Christian armies talked with the Byzantium emperor, Alexius I Comnenus, and agreed to return any of the old land that was recaptured. The armies were unsure about this agreement, however, they agreed to the treaty anyhow.
Repercussions from the war would cause religious tensions to flair, old government to be overthrown and new ones to be established. All of the events that happened after World War I would go on to shape what the Middle East is today. How did WWI affect the Middle East? The Middle East was on its way towards change but World War Two was the event that really propelled it to the modern era. During the first world war the majority of the Middle East was under the control of the Ottoman
The Turks laid siege to Vienna but he successfully repelled the Turks; which was the last attempt by the Ottoman Empire to take control of Eastern Europe. (Chapter Outlines ) The war ended with the Peace of Karlowitz, which ratified Habsburg conquered all of Hungary and Transylvania by 1699. (Chapter Outlines ) In the Austrian empire after the Thirty Years' War, the Austrian Habsburgs turned inward and eastward to unify their holdings. The Habsburgs replaced the Bohemian Czech nobility with their own warriors. (Chapter Outlines ) The Habsburg possessions consisted of Austria, Bohemia, and Hungary, which were joined in a fragile union.
The Ottoman fleet attracted the attention and antagonism of Portugal and other sea powers. In 1571, Ottoman forces suffered a temporary setback when their fleet was defeated at the battle of Lepanto. Authorities differ on whether this battle had a permanent effect on Ottoman power. In 1683, Ottoman power was checked at its final zenith when the siege of Vienna failed. The empire began a
The Muslims over time learned the value of united action and in 1144A.D. they captured the city of Edessa. The fall of Edessa made people realize the dangers, which threatened Jerusalem and led to another crusade. The second crusade had a favorable outlook but an unhappy ending. Of the people that left a few thousand escaped annihilation at the hands of the Turks.
In 1912, many Serbs were being mobilized for the First Balkan War. Princip planned to join the komite, an irregular Serbian guerrilla forces committee of the secret society Unification or Death (Ujedinjenje ili Smrt), known as Black Hand. Princip, however, was rejected by the komite in Belgrade because of his small physical stature. He then went to Prokuplje in Southern Serbia where he sought a personal interview with Vojislav Tankosić. Tankosić, however, rejected Princip as being "too small and too weak".