{"id":1655,"date":"2016-10-27T02:39:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T02:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme102\/?page_id=1655"},"modified":"2016-10-27T02:39:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T02:39:18","slug":"power-politics-and-european-alliances","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme102\/learning-pathways\/the-causes-of-world-war-one\/power-politics-and-european-alliances\/","title":{"rendered":"Power politics and European alliances"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\"><div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme102\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Reading<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:402px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Map_Europe_alliances_1914-en.svg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/2\/26\/Map_Europe_alliances_1914-en.svg\/400px-Map_Europe_alliances_1914-en.svg.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"237\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Military Alliances leading to World War I (click to enlarge map)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the below article. 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