Industrial Revolution
Period of mechanization starting in Britain (~18th–19th c.).
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French Revolution
1789 uprising that overthrew the French monarchy.
Napoleon Bonaparte
French military leader who became Emperor.
World War I
Global war 1914–1918.
Treaty of Versailles
1919 peace treaty ending WWI with Germany.
World War II
Global war 1939–1945.
Holocaust
Nazi genocide of Jews and other groups in WWII.
Cold War
Rivalry between US-led West and Soviet bloc after WWII.
NATO
Military alliance formed in 1949.
European Union
Political/economic union of European member states.
Berlin Wall
Barrier dividing East/West Berlin (1961–1989).
Iron Curtain
Metaphor for the divide between Western and Soviet spheres.
Renaissance
Cultural rebirth in Europe beginning in Italy (~14th c.).
Reformation
16th-century movement that split Western Christianity.