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The '''causes of World War I''' vary from the immediate (the assassination of [[Archduke]] [[Franz Ferdinand]]) to the underlying (the competing alliance systems) to the remote (the [[Franco-Prussian War]] of 1870-1871). While war may have been inevitable by 1914, the fact that Europe was already balanced on a knife's edge causes responsibility to fall all the more heavily on those who provided the immediate spark, who should have known what the consequences would be.
The '''causes of World War I''' vary from the immediate (the assassination of [[Archduke]] [[Franz Ferdinand]]) to the underlying (the competing alliance systems) to the remote (the [[Franco-Prussian War]] of 1870-1871). While war may have been inevitable by 1914, the fact that Europe was already balanced on a knife's edge causes responsibility to fall all the more heavily on those who provided the immediate spark, who should have known what the consequences would be.
== MAIN ==
Four of the causes of World War I are often referred to by the acronym "MAIN", which stands for Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism.
== The Decline of Old and Rise of New Empires in the Latter 19th Century ==
== The Decline of Old and Rise of New Empires in the Latter 19th Century ==