Events of 20th Century

Question 1

History is replete with facts and events that continuously modify our perception of the world . Individuals and groups of people were born and eventually died but few of them were able to alter the course of history . Although some individuals made an impact on the world 's history , they are diminutive compared to the way history itself altered the course of the whole of humanity

Many changes have taken place since the dawn of civilization , and history has witnessed all of these . But the entry of the 20th century

into consciousness of modern civilization posed a major alteration of how we think and see the world today . The summation of changes that happened during the 20th century could eclipse the contributed effects to the world of the changes made during the past centuries

Modern history , as the 20th century is often called , had seen innovations in science , technology , and politics which were unheard of more most of the past centuries . Enlightened thinkers emerged and different kinds of philosophies and theories were created . While most of these were happening , great countries started to dream of conquering lands beyond their bs and hoped to take advantage of the natural resources of the newly discovered lands or expand the frontiers of their present territories . Thus , the age of imperialism and colonialism started

The reasons as to why imperialism started were as diverse as the countries that embarked on a journey to discover new lands and riches According to three conservative theorists , Disraeli , Rhodes , and Kipling , imperialism is necessary to preserve the existing social in the more developed countries . It is necessary to secure trade markets , to maintain employment and capital exports , and to channel the energies and social conflicts of the metropolitan populations into foreign countries . There is a very strong ideological and racial assumption of Western superiority within this body of thought (mytholyoke .edu . Thus , with this explanation , imperialism is a means to maintain the social and economic way of life of a particular country 's citizens . Imperialism establishes wide trade and communication routes to enable the people to exchange the needed goods for living and to make contact with each other

As more and more countries joined the race for territorial expansionism , some of them rub elbows with each other and had disputes over lands and natural wealth . As the population of the inhabitants of most colonies grew , they felt a sense of dissatisfaction towards the colonizers because of the latter 's acts of abuses and injustices Therefore , insurrection and rebellion flourished within the colonies

Still , imperialism continued until such time that conflicts between countries started to erupt and immediately turned like a wildfire into large-scale wars , thus , the era of the World Wars started . The two world wars that happened during the 20th century took millions of lives changed the political structures of many countries again and again , and simultaneously contributed to the collapse of some of the economic systems of many countries

In World War I...