The+Austro+-+Hungarian+Empire

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  The Austro-Hungarian Empire was a dual-monarchic union state situated in Central Europe from the 1867 through to 1918. The Empire was geographically the second largest country in Europe and was the third most populated country in the World. The capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was Vienna, located in the centre of the Empire. The era that was the Austro-Hungarian Empire was marked by its rapid economic growth, provided through industrialisation and its social modernisation through a numerous number if liberal and democratic reforms. However, the fall of the Empire occurred at the end of World War One.   The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 which launched the Empire’s dualist structure, in place of the former unitary (characterised by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority) of Austrian Empire.   <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Three distinct fundamentals ruled the Empire ; <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">   1. The Hungarian Government <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">   2. The Cisleithanian (Austrian) Government <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 3. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Common foreign and military policy under the monarch’    s          <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Hungary and Austria sustained their own separate parliaments, each with their own Prime Ministers and parliamentary ministers. The monarch’s of both Hungary and Austria were responsible of the Army and Navy, for foreign policy and customs union.

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Citizens of the Empire did not share one common language. A diverse range of language and dialects were spoken, as for it became too difficult to decide on a common language. Some of these languages and dialects included  ; <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">German        <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hungarian        <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Czech        <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Slovak        <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Croatian <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Slovene        <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">     <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Serbian       <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ukrainian        <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Romanian             <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Austro-Hungarian economy changed dramatically during the existence of the Dual Monarchy. Technological change accelerated industrialistion and urbanisation. The capitalist way of production spread throughout the Empire during its fifty-year existence. Within this period of economic growth rail transport expanded rapidly, not only used as a means of transport but also for military activities. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN"> This website hates me!!!
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