European History

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European History
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Ancient History

• Greece
• 1st Democracy (Athens)
• City-State - Political unit of city and
  surrounding lands
• Roman Empire
• Controlled most of Europe, Med. Coast and parts
  of Middle East
• Was first a Republic, before Empire
• Built Roads, spread religion Language

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Middle Ages

• Between Rome and Renaissance
• Feudalism powerful nobles own large estates
  that peasants worked
• Charlemagne Germanic King conquered region that
  Rome could not
• Division of languages Romance and Germanic

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Renaissance

• Rebirth of interest in learning and the arts
• Started in Italian city-states
• Spread ideas to Northern Europe
• Reformation Martin Luther
• Division of Catholic Church in Northern Europe
• 95 Theses
• Indulgences payment for sins
• Protestantism

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Rise of Nationalism

• Transition from city-states to nation-states to
  empires
• Rise in Nationalism
• Exploration to Colonization to Imperialism
• Acquiring overseas territories
• Rise of militarism to protect possessions

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20th Century

• WWI Product of
• nationalism, imperialism,
• militarism, alliances
• Treaty of Versailles
• WWII
• Holocaust led to creation
• of Israel
• Cold War
• Communism vs. Democracy
• East vs. West
• Warsaw Pact vs. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty
  Organization)
• Satellite States

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1914
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1924
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20th Century

• Balkanization The dismantling of the Balkan
  Pen.
• Yugoslavia (created by Treaty of Versailles)
• Land of Southern Slavs
• Cultural crossroads created many ethnic groups

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