Austria-Hungary+Empire

The Austrian-Hungarian Empire was a dual-monarchy union state from 1867-1918. In 1914, the population was at 48.5 million people. Their capital, Vienna, has a population of two million in 1914. At the same time, there were many cultural tensions between the two regions. The Principality of Hungary emerged into a Christian kingdom by the coronation of the first king Stephen I at Esztergom in 1000 or 1001,his family (Arpad dynasty) led the monarchy for 300-years. The Kingdom of Hungary became a middle power in Europe and described as part of the Western world by the 12th century. Due to the Ottoman occupation of the central and southern territories in the 16th century, the monarchy split into three parts: the Habsburg Royal Hungary, Ottoman Hungary and the semi-independent Principality of Transylvania. The Habsburg dynasty held the Hungarian throne after the Battle of Mohacs and also played a key role in the liberation wars against the Ottoman Empire. On July 28, 1914, they declared war on Serbia. After the war, Austria and Hungary split and Poland, Yugoslavia, Italy, and Romania got the division of the rest of the territory. Both republics took responsibilities for themselves. Hungary became a semi-independent nation, they had their own government but a Austrian emperor as their king. Financially, militarily and foreign affairs were a jointly controlled. Austria handled their own domestic affairs, as did Hungary. Austria didn't accept any other nationalities a voice in their government, and Hungary refused to share their power with the national minority groups in Hungary. All in all, the Austrian-Hungary Empire has kept to themselves and has become their own countries.