World History
"Germany, Austria and Italy are standing together in the middle of a pub when Serbia bumps into Austria and spills Austria's pint. Austria demands Serbia buy it a complete new suit because there are splashes on its trouser leg. Germany expresses its support for Austria's point of view. Britain recommends that everyone calm down a bit."
"Serbia points out that it can't afford a whole suit, but offers to pay for the cleaning of Austria's trousers. Russia and Serbia look at Austria. Austria asks Serbia who it's looking at. Russia suggests that Austria should leave its little brother alone. Austria inquires as to whose army will assist Russia in compelling it to do so. Germany appeals to Britain that France has been looking at it, and that this is sufficiently out of order that Britain should not intervene. Britain replies that France can look at who it wants to, that Britain is looking at Germany too, and what is Germany going to do about it?"
You can read the rest of it here at The Economist,which noted that this sort of thing can liven up history. You can also read it at the Meta Picture here.
Here's another adaption and thanks to one of my AP World students for sending me the link.
- The Peninsular War 1808-1814
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- History Of Austria
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World History
If WWI Was a Bar Fight
"Germany, Austria and Italy are standing together in the middle of a pub when Serbia bumps into Austria and spills Austria's pint. Austria demands Serbia buy it a complete new suit because there are splashes on its trouser leg. Germany expresses its support for Austria's point of view. Britain recommends that everyone calm down a bit."
"Serbia points out that it can't afford a whole suit, but offers to pay for the cleaning of Austria's trousers. Russia and Serbia look at Austria. Austria asks Serbia who it's looking at. Russia suggests that Austria should leave its little brother alone. Austria inquires as to whose army will assist Russia in compelling it to do so. Germany appeals to Britain that France has been looking at it, and that this is sufficiently out of order that Britain should not intervene. Britain replies that France can look at who it wants to, that Britain is looking at Germany too, and what is Germany going to do about it?"
You can read the rest of it here at The Economist,which noted that this sort of thing can liven up history. You can also read it at the Meta Picture here.
Here's another adaption and thanks to one of my AP World students for sending me the link.
- The Peninsular War 1808-1814
The Peninsular War 1808-1814 - A well presented history of the war with extra information on many of the battles, including photographs of the battlefields and guidance for modern-day visitors. This war in Spain would prove to be a bad decision by Napoleon....
- Encyclopedia Of 1848 Revolutions
Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions. Articles about the people and ideas motivating the 1848 European revolutions. Most articles have bibliographies. From the site: The 1848 Revolutions challenge the maxim that winners write history. But the very concept...
- History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
History of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This site offers an overview to the history of the troubled European nation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From the site: For the first centuries of the Christian era, Bosnia was part of the Roman Empire. After the...
- History Of Austria
History of Austria. This is a short and engaging article which gives an overview of the history of Austria. From the site: The Austro-Hungarian Empire played a decisive role in central European history. It occupied strategic territory containing...
- Who Started Wwi? 10 Historians Weigh In
Ten historians give 10 different interpretations on who started WWI in this BBC story. Sir Max Hastings - military historian, argues that Germany was most responsible. "It alone had power to halt the descent to disaster at any time in July 1914 by withdrawing...