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Yes that is correct and in one way or another this can all be tied together in a massive chain of events. It’s amazing what you can learn when you really start looking at how things in history have taken place.
I dont think by any means that WWI has been forgotten, Yes maybe not as talked about as other wars just because of the simple fact that for the americans the events that took place were not as severe as other wars such as WWII. Another thing to consider is during this time period there was a different outlook on the whole aspect of war and people were not protesting against the efforts of war like they are today. For the most part i would say the gerenal population was all for defending there homeland much more then they are today, But sometimes it takes things like the World Trade Centers coming down for people to actually take a stand and defend what they believe in. So i think another reason the wars of today and more recent ones seem to stand out more is becuase of the conflicts and beliefs right here in our homeland.
All this has really caught my attention so i did a little research and found this, I know it's kind of long but it's good reading and can explain a lot as to what was going on during this time frame and not only with just Lithuania.The 16th century saw a more rapid development of agriculture, growth of towns, spread of ideas of humanism and the Reformation, and book printing. The emergence of Vilnius University in 1579 and the Lithuanian Codes of Law (the Statutes of Lithuania) stimulated the development of culture both in Lithuania and in neighboring countries. http://www.world66.com/europe/lithuania/history
Prussia yes indeed was quite the super power for quite some time. I dont know all the much about how it came to be non exsistent anymore, well maybe some of the culture apects of it still exist, but it is amazing how these things do happen and sometimes all it takes is one man for many to follow. I would definitly love to hear more about this being that my nationality is Lithuanian and everything that happened to that country was part of the influence of Prussia. I admit even though that is my backround i really never did that much reading up on it. Maybe we can start a new thread off with this one since i may be jumping into a whole different thing here.
