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{{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Late_modern_history}} | {{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Late_modern_history}} | ||
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File:New Zealand 2 Pounder Portee.jpg | File:British_Gun_boat_on_River_Tigris_(WWI).png|Burgoingesc gunboat in the Bay of Oduniyye during the First Great War | ||
File:Maude_in_Baghdad.jpg|Burgoignesc troops entering Mharran during the First Great War | |||
File:The_Mesopotamian_Campaign,_1916-1918_Q25185.jpg|Pukhgoignesc Gorkhas of the Burgoignesc Foreign Legion manning artillery in the Great Kavir | |||
File:New Zealand 2 Pounder Portee.jpg|Pursatni troops in an anti-tank gun hunting for Umardi tanks in the Second Great War | |||
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During the [[First Great War]], in [[1899]], Pursat cancelled the reparations debt it owed to [[Burgundie]] in the treaty resolving the [[Emirati War]]. [[Burgundie]] sent a [[Navy of Burgundie|navy flotilla]] to urge the Pursatni's to reconsider, but they refused to meet with the emissary. The [[Army of Burgundie]] formed a {{wp|punitive expedition}}, mostly consisting of Pukhgoignesc Gorkhas of the Burgoignesc Foreign Legion. They Ghorkas were vicious, and the campaign was swift. 6,490 Pursatnieen were killed, three major settlements were taken or destroyed and the government of Pursat was humiliated. They tried to evict the [[Burgundie|Burgoigniacs]] from their concession part and naval station in Konyet in [[1901]], but a subsequent {{wp|punitive expedition}} forced them to keep the pre-war status quo and accept a new reparations agreement. In the interbellum years, Pursat set about a rapid modernization and [[Occidental]]ization of itself with foreign advisors brought in from countries like [[Burgundie]], [[Arcerion]] and [[Yonderre]]. From [[1901]]-[[1936]] the country embarked on a peaceful modernization with heavy investment from [[Burgundie]] who gradually reduced the war reparations in exchange for modernization contracts for its companies. Ancient cities were rebuilt or demolished, and entirely new cities were built along new roadway, rail, and canal infrastructure. The population of Pursat skyrocketed as medicine improved and peasant families were moved into the cities to work at new factories which reduced infant mortality rates by over 50%. | |||
Words, words, words. (late 19th century - [[1943]] (end of [[Second Great War]]) | Words, words, words. (late 19th century - [[1943]] (end of [[Second Great War]]) | ||