The Story of How the Modern World Was Born: From Rival European Empires to the Cold War (1870–1945)
A World Before Modern History Imagine Europe in the late 1800s—a world without the defining conflicts of our era: No World War I. No World War II. No United Nations. No NATO. The world looked completely different. The most powerful entities were a handful of empires: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇫🇷 France 🇷🇺 Russian Empire 🇦🇹 Austria-Hungary 🇴🇹 Ottoman Empire And then something happened that would change everything. Chapter 1: The Birth of Germany and the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) The Unification In 1870–1871, the Franco-Prussian War changed Europe forever. Before 1871, Germany was not one country—it was many German-speaking states. The strongest among them was Prussia. ...