Dr Harun Yilmaz writes a series of articles which explains how World War 1 influenced Azerbaijan, and how the locals felt the shock waves of the war which was triggered thousands of miles away. This article (link is external) gives a view of Baku and the oil boom that the town experienced a century ago as the biggest oil producing country in 1900, the intellectual and cultural life around this economic development, daily life, and finally how the World War had an impact.