• 13 Posts
  • 940 Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: June 24th, 2024

help-circle


  • What about 'em? I don’t know what about the US. They were still colonising, so they fall under the canopy of age of colonialism.

    Nationalism, because many now-countries underwent the process of nation building. The focus went from being ruled by a monarchical house to being grouped with people of the same ethnicity, however that is understood.
    This describes any settler nation but also Italy, Germany, everyone in the Balkan region.

    I forget the “industrial revolution” which is also a parallel era-defining development.

    My opinion: Age of …

    • Discovery: 1420 - 1600
    • Colonialism: 1600-1980
    • Enlightenment: 1720-1800
    • Revolution: 1770-1850
    • Industrial revolution: 1750-1900
    • Nationalism: 1800-1920
    • Decolonisation: 1950-2000

    Btw, the German Wikipedia article for “Victorian era” literally says: “In British history, the Victorian Age (also known as the Victorian Era) usually refers to the long period of Queen Victoria’s reign from 1837 to 1901.”
    That’s why I’m making all this fuzz, cause it’s not universal. Sorry for rambling.


















  • I don’t think exactly. As I understand: let’s say Italy is holding US debt. This debt has a certain value as long as the US economy is good because then there is a chance of repayment. So as long as Italy holds US debt, it’s interested in having trade with the US or generally being invested in the US economy to keep up the value of their debt.

    If they let go of the debt they would have less interest in keeping the US economy up. They would pr stop encouraging their Italian companies to buy American machines/goods/services.

    Something like that.