Chronological table

The Political and Social Reconstruction of the World

The Revolution and Famine in Russia

The Age of Armament in Europe, and the Great War of 1914-18

The British Empire in 1914

European Aggression in Asia, and the Rise of Japan

The New Overseas Empires of the Steamship and Railway

The Rise of Germany to Predominance in Europe

The Expansion of the United States

The Development of Modern Political and Social Ideas

The Industrial Revolution

The Development of Material Knowledge

The Uneasy Peace in Europe that Followed the Fall of Napoleon

The French Revolution and the Restoration of Monarchy in France

The American War of Independence

The New Empires of the Europeans in Asia and Overseas

The Age of Political Experiments; of Grand Monarchy and Parliaments and Republicanism in Europe

The Emperor Charles V

The Reformation of the Latin Church

The Intellectual Revival of the Europeans