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World War 1 was caused by a series of events triggered by Serbia’s response to Austria-Hungary’s demands, and the treaty alliance system that ensured that many other countries would be drawn into the conflict. At the start of World War One, Europe was a powder keg waiting to be lit. As soon as Archduke Franz Ferdinand – the heir of Austria-Hungary’s throne – was assassinated on June 28, 1914, the fuse was lit. Ferdinand’s death happened under the care of the Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist secret society and it caused a series of events culminating into the world’s first ever global war. Common knowledge suggests that the war started all because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria but this notion isn't 100% correct.
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Read more: http://www.curiosityaroused.com/politics/what-started-world-war-1/