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Causes of WWI - Coggle Diagram
Causes of WWI
Nationalism
Pan-slavism
Italian Reunification
Militarism
Fear of German expansion by France
Fear of Russian expansion into the Balkans
Alliances
The Entente
Triple Alliance
Rivalries
Russia and the Ottoman empire had been rivals since the 17th century.
Imperialism
Germany wanted colonies
Naval build-up by Germany
Naval build-up by Britain
Conflicting interests
Assassination
Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Bosnian-Serb nationalist.
Cultural reasons
All Slavic people spoke Slavic languages.
Pan-slavists wanted a unified Slavic nation.