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Part 5 & Chapter 16


Part Five: The European Moment in World History & Chapter 16

  • During the “long nineteenth century” which was from 1750 to 1914 there were two major themes that held the center stage of global history. The first being a new kind of humankind known as “modern”. This emerged from the Scientific, French, and Industrial Revolutions. This human society, guided human behavior, women could now be equal to men and slavery was no longer necessary. The second theme was the growing ability of these modern societies to exercise enormous power and influence over the rest of humankind.
  • Together, these two pushed forward Western Europe and even North America. Scholars and scientists argue that humankind has now entered a new era which they call the Anthropocene or the “age of man”. Europeans had the ability to rewrite geography and history. Maps placed Europe at the center, while Asia was divided in half 

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