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History of international relations

  • Scramble for AfricaIn 1870, European powers controlled only ten percent of the African continent. Most territories lay along the coastlines where mortality rates from tropical…
  • Cold WarOn the 5th of March 1946, former British prime minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech in Fulton, Missouri, that would define the opening chapter of…
  • European balance of powerIn 431 BC, the Peloponnesian War erupted between Athens and Sparta. These two powerful Greek city-states had previously united to defeat invading Persian…
  • Triple EntenteIn 1870, Prussia and its allies defeated the Second French Empire during the Franco-Prussian War. The Treaty of Frankfurt forced France to cede…
  • Silk RoadIn 1877, German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen published a series of lectures that introduced the phrase "Silk Road" to describe ancient trade networks…