Ecclesiastes: 3:1-8

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: ²a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, ³a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, ⁴a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, ⁵a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, ⁶a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, ⁷a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, ⁸a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

Assignment Guide Unit 8.doc

After the Century of Imperialism and Weak Alliances Europe became a powder keg ready for a spark to ignite the drums of war. That spark occurred in June of 1914 with the assassination of Archduke of Austria and Hungary Franz Ferdinand. This war started with high hopes that it would be over by Christmas but soon got bogged down in the trenches. This war was the bloodiest of wars, with the most loss of life up to that time, due to the new weapons and inflexible ideals of the leaders of War. This war was avoidable and turned out to all be for nothing. For Europe would be embroiled again in the same disputes 20 years later.