<span>The danes were horrified and very fearful when they heard what was going on inside Heorot, the great hall. They were in fear for their lives and did not like hearing the violence within the hall. The Danes felt hopeless and scared.</span>
I believe it would be globalization.
1-Germany wanted to have an empire to match other Europeans
2-the alliance system started a chain reaction of countries joining and Germany also wanted to show off there new army to the world(militarianisn)