From the Book - 14th edition.
Introduction. All about the exam
Review section: Time periods
Time period one: c. 1450 to c. 1648
Renaissance and exploration. The Renaissance and age of exploration
Age of Reformation. Protestant reformation, Catholic and counter-reformations, wars of religion (1517-1648)
Time period two: c. 1649 to c. 1815
Absolutism and constitutionalism. Absolutism and constitutionalism
Scientific, philosophical, and political developments (1648-1789)
Scientific, philosophical, and political developments (1648-1789)
Conflict, crisis, and reaction in the late 18th century. The French Revolution, Napolean, and the Congress of Vienna
Time period three: c. 1815 to c. 1914
Industrialization and its effects. Industrialization reshapes Europe
The growth and suppression of democracy: from the Age of Metternich to the First World War (1815-1914)
19th-century: liberalism, conservatism, nationalism, and culture
Imperialism and the causes of the First World War (1870-1914)
Time period four: c. 1914 to present
20th-century global conflicts
The First World War, Russian Revolution, and U.S.S.R until 1939
Democracy, depression, dictatorship, World War and its aftermath (1919-1945)
Cold War and contemporary Europe. Recovery, Cold War, and contemporary Europe (1945 to present)
