Concert of Europe.
The Congress of Vienna was significant as it marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the beginning of a new era of peace in Europe. The Congress worked to redraw the map of Europe, with the goal of restoring stability and maintaining a balance of power among the major European powers. It established the principle of collective security and laid the groundwork for future diplomatic negotiations and alliances.
Russia, German and France were the three great powers in Europe.
new Imperialism was because of prestige and wanting to maintain the balance of power.Big powers like Britain wanted to maintain their great power status and hence they acquired colonies in Africa for raw materials ,cheap labour and markets to boost their economy.
Congress of Vienna
The congress of Vienna restored the balance of power to a greater extent. All the great powers were given a just equilibrium of states taken from the defeated. The major powers are Britain, Russia,Prussia and Austria. However, not only did the Congress of Vienna try to restore balance of power but also to prevent nationalism and liberalism, contain France, bring back legitimate rulers of Europe and stop slave trade in Europe.
Greek worked with the Great Powers of Europe and fought for their independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Triple alliance &Triple entente
The powerful foreign minister of Austria during the meetings of the five great powers of Europe, particularly at the Congress of Vienna in 1814-1815, was Klemens von Metternich. He played a crucial role in reshaping Europe after the Napoleonic Wars and was a key advocate for conservative restoration and balance of power. Metternich's diplomatic strategies significantly influenced European politics and the course of international relations in the 19th century.
Nationalism was the internal disorder of European nations (most notably the Great Powers) in 1914, the year World War I started. Every Great European Power had been experiencing high levels of nationalism where they believed they were the greatest society and were superior to other Europeans, and where they wished to maintain Great Power status by battling the other Great Powers.
The maintenance of a balance of power in Europe.
Because it was a strategic location in the center of western Europe where many wars were fought in which many of Europe's great powers once participated.