period of transition from one century to another is always rich in historical events and joint 19-20 centuries - especially.
world at the turn of the 20th century - it is definitely the era of industrialization and progress.She gave humanity such necessary things as radio, telephone and communication.
If we imagine for a moment that we were able to get into the world of the early 20th century, we will see the amazing scenery: industrial Europe steaming plants, important capitalists, hurrying the morning to work, and only began to emerge socialist parties.Well, let's see how imagination corresponds to the official history ...
colonial world
world in the early 20th century, largely determined by the colonial relationship.That controversy arising from them provoked serious economic and political changes, Ask a known vector of development.
large countries, the colonizers were England, France and Italy.They became known as metropolitan and dependent states - colonies.
world in the early 20th century was characterized by a significant difference in people's lives: while Western European countries experienced an economic and cultural boom (often due to withdrawal of output residents dependent countries), the majority of the population of the colonies was starving.
But the United States at this time was inconspicuous and quiet country: will not interfere, except in Latin America.
result of colonial policy was the division of the world into zones of influence between the major powers (mainly Britain and France).Of course, such a course of events was dissatisfied with a weaker Germany.This country began to look for allies, which led to the formation of two well-known associations.
balance of power in the early 20th century: The Entente and the Triple Alliance
Germany became united around the European countries themselves.As a result, there was the Entente, which includes the following countries:
- Germany;
- Austria-Hungary;
- Italy.
strong powers, in turn, decided to create a union.They are united in the Triple Alliance, which includes:
- England;
- France;
- Russia.
world in the early 20th century, is largely determined by well-known historical events.Confrontation between the Entente and the Triple Alliance led to the First World War (1914-1918 biennium).
world in the early 20th century the Earth's population and migration
before us is notable for the length of time the two processes:
- increasing world population;
- waves of migration.
In 1900, the world population was 1.6 billion people.Most lived in Asia, Europe and Russia.But the population of the New World (USA and Canada) were not numerous - only 82 million people.
Most people lived in villages.The town's population of about 10% of the population.The major cities were few, only 360 of them had a population of over 100 thousand.
World in 19-20 centuries - a period of large-scale migration of people from one country to another, and often in a different part of the world.For example, an impressive number of European residents decided to emigrate to the United States (about 50 million).This is due to the fact that people are looking for more cost-effective locations, and wanted to see a new continent.
Asian continent is also not spared migration.The Chinese tried to Southeast Asia, Indians - in South Africa.It is due to migration of the population formed such a diverse, multi-faceted and interesting world.
World in the late 20th century
past century was incredibly rich in various historical events witnessed by some of us.
great importance was "Cold War" and its outcome - the disappearance of the bipolar world and the collapse of the Soviet Union.Consider the changes that befell the world and our civilization at the end of the last century.Here are the basics:
- globalization of the world;
- high development communications;
- collapse of the USSR;
- US leadership;
- tensions between developed countries and the Third World;
- fully capitalist economy;
- the world market;
- integration of the former socialist countries into the world economy;
- a global network of the Internet;
- demographic record (for the year 2000 the world population reached 6 billion);
- emergence of HIV infection;
- advances in medicine and science (for example, the occurrence of cloning technology).
end of the 20th century belongs to contemporary history, and past historical events already written (or written) in textbooks.We have a unique opportunity to make a personal opinion about a particular phenomenon happened, because we live in is a contradictory time.
