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Period: Jul 27, 1299 to
Ottoman Empire
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The Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict in which Russia lost to an alliance of France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia. While neutral, the Austrian Empire also played a role in stopping the Russians. -
Unification fo Germany
The German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany, and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The end of the unification process is officially referred to as German unity, celebrated on 3 October. -
The Eiffel Tower
It was named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world. -
World War I
World War I began on July 28, 1914. When Austria-Hungaria declared war on Serbia. This seemigly small conflict between two counties spread rapidly: soon Germany, Russia, Great Britain, and France were all drawn into the war. Mostly because they were involved in treaties, The treatiew obligated them to defend certsin other nations. Western and easteren fronts quickly opened slong the borders og germany and Austria- Hungary. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in 1930 and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s. It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century. -
The Ottoman Empire Ended
The Ottoman Empire, sometimes referred to as the Turkish Empire or simply Turkey, was an empire founded by Oghuz Turks under Osman Bey in north-western Anatolia in 1299. With the conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II in 1453, the Ottoman state was transformed into a transcontinental hyperpower. -
USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics abbreviated to USSR or the Soviet Union, was a socialist state on the Eurasian continent that existed between 1922 and 1991, governed as a single-party state by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital. A union of multiple sub-national Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized. -
The Holocaust
The Holocaust also known as Shoah, was the mass murder or genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, throughout the German Reich and German-occupied territories. -
Sputuik 1
It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable. The surprise success precipitated the American Sputnik crisis and triggered the Space Race, a part of the larger Cold War. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall had begun with the building of the Wall in 1961. On August 23, 1989 Hungary opened the iron curtain to Austria.
Months before East German tourists used their chance to escape to Austria from Hungary and in September 1989 more than 13 000 East German escaped via Hungary within three days. It was the first mass exodus of East Germans after the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961.He answered: "Well, as far as I can see, ... straightaway, immediately."
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Fall of the Soviet Union
On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen different counties. The Soviet Union feel due to teh many terrible events such as: The Cold War, Holocust, World War I , and World War II. By January of 1992, by popular demand, the Soviet Union had ceased to exist. -
Ukraine Protests
In Europe, there are two countries that are at un-rest, Russia and Ukraine. These two countries border each other. Ukraine is south of Belarus. Ukraine has always counted on Russia to help them financially and in turn Russia has had a firm grip on their destiny. Recently there has been a change of thought from the more eastern country. The Ukraine has been tempted to join the EU, the European Union. The idea of having more control over choices and freedom to improve your future is a very te
