Suggest me an essay topic!

[Jolt]

Except that Franz Jozef was the emperor and the heir, the fellow who got assassinated, was archduke Franz Ferdinand...

Bleh. I always get confused with them Franzs. >_> I was thinking Franz *Insert Random Name here* was the heir of the Austria-Hungary :P

[Ariovistus Maximus]

I think it's amazing because, like you guys are saying, "Franz" was not really all that significant in the grand scheme of things.

His death was used as a pretext for Austria to steal land.

Austria stealing land was a pretext for Russia to mobilize, because THEY wanted more land.

Russia's mobilization was a pretext for Germany to mobilize, because they'd been scheming for global domination for decades.

And Germany's mobilization scared the French into counter-mobilizing, and also perhaps as a pretext to regain Alsace and all those places they'd been fighting Germany over for how long...

So, in the end, everybody bluffed to get what they wanted, and they each called each others' bluffs, and.......

Truly an unbelievable series of messed-up politics.

[Jolt]

Marks are out. I got a 3 in a range of 0 to 4. My teacher said I didn't get a full mark due to technical issues (Lack of references). He said that otherwise it was a good essay.

[Ariovistus Maximus]

Well done! You should post it in the Monestary; collect a few balloons! :)

Erg; I always have trouble citing my sources. It always interrupts my train of thought!

[Jolt]

Well done! You should post it in the Monestary; collect a few balloons! :)

It is on the first page of this very thread. Read it if you like.

[Ariovistus Maximus]

oops!

*shoves foot into mouth*

hehe I guess I missed it when I first posted, and then just kept going to page 2 after that...

[Jolt]

You can give your opinion on it if you wish. :)