PPT-World War I The Great War, The War to End All Wars

M Militarism Fascination with war and a strong military A Alliances Agreements among varying nations to help each other out I Imperialism Building empires and competition for markets. Tom Sienkewicz. Monmouth College. tjsienkewicz@monmouthcollege.edu. http://. department.monm.edu/classics/swpaca.starwars.pptx . http://department.monm.edu.classics/courses/CLAS230/StarWars. . http://. Sci-fi. Space ship. Aliens . CGI. Futuristic weapons different worlds. Space . good vs evil. Scientists . Time travel. Dark lighting. White rooms . Action male hero . Dramatic music . Conflict . In the promotional material for the film Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens there are a lot of genre conventions. For example, good vs evil, space, spaceships, conflict and CGI. From the film promotion we know the genre of the film is sci-fi. . (c. 1519-1559). . A. . Treaty of . Cateau-Cambrèsis. (1559). Ended Hapsburg-Valois Wars (last purely dynastic wars in 16. th. century). The wars had been political in nature (not religious) as both France and the HRE were Catholic.. ‘At eleven o’clock this morning, the cruellest and most terrible war that has ever cursed mankind came to an end. I hope we can say that this morning came to an end all wars.’ . David Lloyd-George speaking in Parliament on the 11. . Genius Hour. . Why I Chose This Topic. I chose to make a website about the making of Star Wars because I want people to see how hard it is to make a movie. I chose to study the making of Star Wars because the trilogy is creative and amazing.. (We’re not watching 300). All accounts of war are Greek, no Persian records found . Main source- . Herodotus 484-425BC. “Father of History”. Persian Wars- 499-449 BC. "For the first time, a chronicler set himself to trace the origins of a conflict not to a past so remote so as to be utterly fabulous, nor to the whims and wishes of some god, nor to a people's claim to manifest destiny, but rather explanations he could verify personally.". Background/Causes. By 300 BCE, Rome was one of the five world powers along with:. The great empire of Carthage in the west. 3 Hellenistic monarchies: Egypt, Syria and Macedon in the east. Challenges to the Republic: The Punic Wars. They were a series of conflicts which occurred during the 1860s and 1870s between Maori and British settlers/government.. These conflicts primarily centred on the issue of land and sovereignty.. Overview. It was a global military conflict that took place mainly in Europe between 1914 & 1918.. It was a . total war. which left great devastation, millions dead and shaped the modern world.. World War I created a decisive break with the old world order that had emerged after the Napoleonic Wars. The results of World War I would be important factors in the development of World War II; 21 years later. Cause of World War I. Remember . M.A.I.N. Militarism. - . the process of building up military strength for the purpose of intimidating other countries. Alliance System . Imperialism. Nationalism. -. “The world is getting less violent; we're just more aware of the violence.”. The decline of war. Outside the Middle East, war is effectively disappearing. In Nigeria, Boko Haram is on the retreat from many of its home territories. . World War I. Overview . In the late summer of 1914, the nations of Europe went to war. All parties involved expected that the conflict would be short and decisive – that, as the British press was fond of claiming, “the boys” would be “home by Christmas”. The Great War. Setting The Stage For War. Causes of World War I. M. . ilitarism. A. . lliances. . N. . ationalism. . I. . mperialism. A. . ssassination. C. . ompetition. . M. ilitarism . …and setting the stage for WWII. 11, 11, 11. Central Powers offer an armistice. War weary, low morale, immense war debt, etc.. Nov. 11, 1918 @ 11am . Armistice Day (AKA: Veterans Day). A Plan for Peace: Wilson’s Fourteen .