The Old Regime and the Enlightenment -- The French Revolution and Napoleon -- The Industrial Revolution and the birth of capitalism -- 1848: The peoples' spring -- Marx, Marxism, and socialism -- Darwinism and social Darwinism -- The unifications of Italy and Germany -- The Age of Imperialism and the scramble for Africa -- World War I -- The Russian Revolution and Communism -- World War II and the Holocaust -- Europe divided, the Cold War, and decolonization -- 1989: The collapse of Communism and end of the Cold War -- The European Union: Europe united and free?
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