Early modern Europe

In the late 19th and early 20th century, the major themes of the world were conquest, revolt, and nationalism. Benefiting from the Enlightenment, the enlightened Europeans turned to be “the most powerful, most innovative, most prosperous, most expansive, and most widely imitated people on the planet” (Strayer, 775). They were a global dominance and exercised enormous power over the rest of humankind. After resisting to Europeans’ conquest, colonial Asians and Africans started to seek their…

In the late 1700s and early 1800s, the VOC went bankrupt (Indonesia: The Dutch Colonial Period and the Independence Movement). This was mainly caused by the fourth English war and Dutch ships were captured by the English navy (VOC). In the end, the Dutch colonization were very…

States and Europe how they correlate and how they have impacted the society we live in today. There are…

the Russians, British, French, and Ottoman Turkish with the help of the Sardinia-Piedmont army. The war was fought mainly on the Crimean Peninsula. The Crimean Peninsula is located in southern Ukraine, in Eastern Europe. The Crimean War was an important event of the history of Europe, its indirect and direct consequences were far reaching and of great significance to the entire world. The war arose from the conflict of great powers in the Middle East. The direct cause was the Russian demand…

Imperialism emerged from the early medieval modernization concept that began in the late 16th century post Renaissance and catholic reformation. Imperialism is the practice of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force. Imperialism was the idea that perpetuated the colonization of country; colonization involves the domination and subjugation of a group of people by another. Imperialism is the process of indirect political influence or control over weak states…

Colonialism means control by one country over another area and its people. Western Kenya would be politically and economically exploited by Britain. In 1895, Britain colonized western Kenya. British would rule western Kenya would last until 1963. This exact scenario takes place in the book, Worries of the Heart by Kenda Mutongi. In the book, Mutongi talks about western Kenya’s history during the 20th century. One of the major themes that Mutongi discusses is colonialism. Mutongi discusses…

Puzzling American Economic Policy in the Interwar period. By 1918 the Great War not only physically affected millions of people, but it also destroyed the system of global capitalism, which existed prior to 1914. During the interwar period, the modern world demanded participation in reconstruction, yet American officials believed this demand could be satisfied without sacrificing political noninvolvement with European affairs (Hogan, 13). This left the major powers in a precarious position,…

The Europeans were able to increase their influence over the globe in the early modern period in an unprecedented manner. This was due to a combination of factors specific to their geographical and political circumstances. The extent to which Europeans truly influenced the globe is debated by revisionist historians, particularly those from Asian nations, who questioned the standard narrative of superiority as the force behind European domination. However, European nations clearly established…

Italy There are many interesting things about Italy. Like The Bronze and Iron Age. The Bubonic plague also known as The Black Death started in Italy, The Renaissance of the arts, When Italy became one, Modern Italy, The geography of Italy, and The Economy of Italy. In the early second millennium B.C. Italy was in the Bronze Age. The Bronze Age is for studying prehistoric societies practically the ancient societies. During the Bronze Age a cultural pattern had already formed. Most of the people…

When one looks at the pages of history, it is hard to do so outside the bias of one’s own time and cultural heritage. Due to the preponderance of Western society’s influence in the modern world, it is then unsurprising that the East’s dominance on the world’s stage for much of recorded history is overshadowed by the (relatively recent) European/Anglo dominance. Asia is a complex, rich, and multifaceted region to explore, and is especially enlightening to examine in the time leading up to the…