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  1. 2 days ago · The Outbreak of War: June-August 1914. The immediate cause of World War One was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on June 28, 1914. The assassin, Gavrilo Princip, was a member of the Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist group that sought to create an independent Slavic state in the Balkans.

  2. 3 days ago · From the 1990s onward, several events shattered the world’s hopes for long-term peace and prosperity. These include genocide, war in Africa and Southern Europe, and economic issues in Eastern Europe. Communist China, too, survived the fall of the Soviet Union and slowly built its might to compete with the United States.

  3. May 8, 2024 · Published: May 8, 2024 10:50 am. World War II stands as one of the most important events in human history. It shaped much of the current geopolitical landscape and altered the balance of power for ...

  4. May 15, 2024 · The Burma campaign was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma. It was part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II and primarily involved forces of the Allies; the British Empire and the Republic of China, with support from the United States.

  5. 4 days ago · Essay. World history is the study of the past at the global level. World historians use a wide spatial lens, though they do not always take the entire world as their unit of analysis. They tend to de-emphasize individual nations or civilizations, and focus instead on regions defined differently, including zones of interaction, or on the ways in ...

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  7. May 19, 2024 · 1971: 5 January: The major flash flood has occurred in Kuala Lumpur by heavy monsoon rains which were swelled the Klang, Batu, and Gombak rivers. As a result, 32 people were killed in the worst flood disaster. 11 July

  8. May 6, 2024 · Where to Find Primary Sources. A comprehensive look at world history from the mid-15th century to the present. Covers prehistory through the 1500s, with tablet/mobile-friendly videos, primary sources, maps and graphs, timelines, and more.