Following the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars of the 19th century, treaties were signed in an attempt to maintain peace. The first of these, the League of the Three Emperors, was signed in 1873 by which three countries?

The German Empire became a major world power after its foundation in what year?

In 1882 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy signed a defensive pact. What was the resulting alliance called?

In 1908 Austria-Hungary annexed the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. To which nation had Bosnia and Herzegovina formerly belonged?

The Reinsurance Treaty, signed in 1887, was a further agreement between Russia and Germany. It broke down in 1890 because Germany wished to pursue an alliance with which other nation?

The European powers were readying themselves for the coming conflict. In the five years which preceded the First World War, arms-spending rose by how much?

In 1904 the brought to an end 1,000 years of hostility between which two nations?

Between 1912 and 1913 the First Balkan War took place, in which the countries of Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Montenegro allied themselves to fight against which country?

In 1907 the Franco-Russian Alliance and the Anglo-Russian Convention, allied Britain, France and Russia in a defensive pact. By what name was this alliance known?

The spark which ignited the powder keg of Europe was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by members of the nationalist group What does Mlada Bosna mean in English?