It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland. The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved into Austria ...

The Austrian Empire was started in 1804 by Emperor Franz I to counter Napoleon's rising power, and it became the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1867 with the Dual Monarchy system. This policy gave ...

maps, graphics and commentary explain how the assassination of Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered World War One. Events are traced from the shooting by Serbian Gavrilo Princip ...