What was Europe like in 1914?

Answer 1

In 1914 tension was building soo much. Europe had split pretty much in two, and these groups began to clash in many parts of the world. Whenever they did Europe always looked on the point of war. But it was the assasination of Franz Ferdinand that finally pulled Europe into war.

Answer 2

Germany became a powerful power as the country unified. Germany became interested in foreign trade and further expansion. Germany began to build ships. Brittan was concerned about this new development and wanted to protect the country's own ships.

Answer 3

Well, it had just been sitting there, minding it's own business, when about 100,000 plus years ago these chattering hominids showed up. Oh, it had seen primates before, but these ones were different. Cutting down it's trees, burning things, vandalizing it's caves and killing it's animals in record numbers. Quite a surprise to poor Europe, after all those eons of peace.

Later on, a bunch of massive ice sheets swept over Europe. This had the beneficial effect of driving those fur clad humans away. Oh, sure, some stayed, but all in all, it was a nice restful time. But, like all good things, it was not to last, and by 9,000 to 12,000 B.C.E. poor Europe watched as the ice left - and those crazy humans showed up again.

Back with their fire, but now with something called "agriculture" and "cities". What with the increased need they had for cutting down trees and moving stones all about for those cities, and the clear cutting of forests to make into farms and grazing lands - jeez, what's a continent got to do for some peace?

Of course, it only then got worse. Many of Europe's species were driven off or hunted to extinction. The farms that had been forests became dead zones now and then, soaked with the blood and gore of a near infinite number of brutal battles as tribes clashed with tribes, city states with city states, nation against nation and in general - all against all.

But such places usually grew more food again later, and the humans got better at raising food, and increasing their numbers - and decreasing them again with new battles. This went on till around 1340 A.D. At that point, a plague from Asia came into Europe, which seemed to be making a good go at getting rid of the humans. But Europe couldn't catch a break, as only a third of them died, and the clear cutting, stone moving, wood burning and battle making soon started up again.

Then in the late 18th, early 19th century, factories came to be. Filth belched into the sky creating a haze over different parts of Europe. While human waste had always been put into Europe's rivers and streams, now strange arrangements of chemical wastes and industrial toxins were dumped in the rivers, too. Fish and birds and even the few land animals left were all affected. Humans were affected to, but not enough to get them to leave.

In the 20th century, Europe watched as the humans came up with idea of using industrial methods in their battles. Machine guns that could kill hundreds of thousands in a day initially let Europe hope that soon humans would be gone. But no, for they started importing a variety of humans from across the Atlantic Ocean, and using them to keep killing and spilling blood. Stranger gases filled the skies over the battle grounds, a deadly yellow gas that killed birds and animals - and humans - even quicker then the old factory pollutions had.

The humans took a millisecond break - from a continental point of view - and resumed in what they called 1939. More deaths, more bombs, more blood, more gases, and unprecedented destruction. More destruction of humans, too, but this time more humans were imported not only from over the Atlantic, but they came in from Asia as well. Strange new ways of fire making, first seen a hundred years ago, were improved. Buzzing metal birds carrying humans streaked over Europe, and dropped so many bombs that the atmosphere over various towns in Europe caught on fire.

Since then, Europe has been in a state of shock. Until recently, half of it was seeing even more industrial pollutants being poured into it's rivers and pumped into the air. Then after the influence from those in Asia called "Russians" left, the eastern half started being less polluting, like the western half had already been doing. But still the pollution continued, and Europe has noticed a rise in it's average temperature.

Now it's just a matter of Europe watching as the human population, having reached a peak, seems to be holding somewhat steady, with the only real growth being from a new batch of humans from a place called the Middle East.

That's what has happened in Europe so far.

Answer 4

A huge amount of things happened to Europe in the twentieth century. It would be impossible to mention them all. Europe changed in so many ways during that time. By the end of it there were many different countries for example. There were the two world wars that were predominantly based in Europe, along with all of the things that caused and arose from those wars. Each individual country had its own history as well as the more general history of Europe. There were issues in regions of Europe that had little effect on other parts. There were significant things like the creation of what eventually became the European Union. There were developments in science, culture, sport, entertainment and a whole range of other things. So there was a huge amount of things that happened in Europe.

Answer 5

The First World War started, leading to three decades of intermittent conflict, economic crisis and political disorder.

Answer 6

June 28th 1914, Archduke franz Ferdinand got shot

July 28th 1914, WW1 began

Answer 7

In 1918 Europe was left in a state of ruins.

Answer 8

like a boot

Answer 9

like 1914