... in Europe during the nineteenth century. A second explanation for the beginning of the Crimean War can be found on the national or domestic level in Turkey. Both levels of analysis will be examined and the essay will conclude with the evaluation of which reason, international or domestic, was the true cause of the Crimean War. Balance of Power Argument In 1815 at the Congress of Vienna, realizing the imminent downfall of the Ottoman Empire, the leaders of the European powers devised a system of territorial compensation with the intention of keeping the balance of power and Tournis, 2 not allowing one empire or state too much control over Europe. This agreement, dubbed the Concert of Europe, would prove to be very advantageous to the major powers in Europe of that time (Great Britain, France, Austro-Hungary, Prussian, and Russia) and with the looming fall of the Ottoman Empire there was much ...

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