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Europe and Russia

Europe and Russia. A Brief History. Europe 1400s – age of renaissance. Renaissance 1350 – 1550 Problems with the Catholic Church The Plague (The Black Death) Killed an estimated 30-60% of Europe’s population ¼ of the world’s population. 1500S – AGE OF REFORMATION. Protestant Reformation

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Europe and Russia

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  1. Europe and Russia A Brief History

  2. Europe1400s – age of renaissance • Renaissance 1350 – 1550 • Problems with the Catholic Church • The Plague (The Black Death) • Killed an estimated 30-60% of Europe’s population • ¼ of the world’s population

  3. 1500S – AGE OF REFORMATION • Protestant Reformation • Age of Exploration – Spain, Portugal and other European powers • Anglican Church and Lutheranism

  4. 1600s – age of religious wars and absolutism • English Civil War • Age of Science 1700s – AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT • French Revolution, 1789-1799 • Enlightenment Philosophes: Voltaire, Rousseau, Adam Smith • Start of Industrial Revolution in Britain, 1750

  5. 1800s – Age of revolutions • Britain emerges as dominant nation • Napoleon Bonaparte • Rise of Nationalism • 1848 Revolutions Across Europe • Rise of New Ideologies such as capitalism, republicanism, liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and communism • Italian and German Unification • Darwin's Theory of Evolution • Rise of Imperialism • Russia Struggling to Westernize

  6. 1900s – the modern era • United States and Soviet Union compete for supremacy • Modern Art • World War I • Russian Revolution

  7. 1900s continued

  8. russia Tsardomof Russia (1547–1721) Ivan the Terrible Imperial Russia (1721–1917) Peter the Great Nicholas I Alexander II Nicholas II Nihilism

  9. World War and Russian Revolution • World War I 1914-1918 • Russian Revolution 1917 • Russian Civil War

  10. Soviet union 1922-1991 • USSR – United Soviet Socialist Republic • Industrialization • World War II • Cold War • Fall of Soviet Union

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