Era of Australopithecus, the first...

Monarchies. In 1750 all the major states of Europe except Great Britain were headed by monarchies in which one man theoretically held absolute authority. Over the course of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries all of these...

Between Two Wars. Two world wars serve to frame the historical era between 1750 and 1914: the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), whose American component was the French and Indian War (1754-1763), and the "Great War," now known as World War I (1914-1918). In...

New Era. In 1750 the British Isles and the European continent were on the verge of enormous change. Innovations in farming would increase the food supply; more children would survive childhood; the population would grow dramatically; machines would...

The History of Europe describes the passage of time from humans inhabiting the European continent to the present day. The first evidence of people living in Europe dates back to 35,000 BC. Europe's ancient classical antiquity dates from Homer's Iliad in...

IN 1920 H.G. Wells published his "Outline of History". It was meant to awaken people to the realisation that only a rationally ordered world-state would save humanity from destroying itself. The "Outline" sold 3m copies. Yet if an undergraduate today were to present...

IN 1920 H.G. Wells published his "Outline of History". It was meant to awaken people to the realisation that only a rationally ordered world-state would save humanity from destroying itself. The "Outline" sold 3m copies. Yet if an undergraduate today were to present...

Eugen Weber, a noted writer and lecturer on French history and a former dean of UCLA's College of Letters and Science, has died. He was 82.Weber died Thursday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Los Angeles, the university said.An expert on modern French culture...

Charlemagne believed in fair government for all.He ruled an empire called Francia that stretched larger than the boundaries of what today are France and Germany. Despite the great distances and difficulty in traveling, Charlemagne (742-814) gathered all his leaders for meetings every year.At these assemblies,...

Describes the status of the industrial proletariat in 1860, discusses the changes that the workers faced by 1914, as well as talks about the emergence of trade unions and organized mass political parties. The reaction of socialists on the new administrations is included.

Essay describes how the people of Europe commonly searched for truth during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Review of historical events in 13th and 14th century Europe, including the black plague, religious and social upheaval, and The Hundred Years War.