HIST 1084- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 47 pages long!)
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Imperialism: formation of the modern state, the dual revolution, violence, technology, modernity. The world in 1800: turkish ottoman empire declining, china fading, russia expanding, americas, africa on verge. Birth of the modern world : the european moment. Napoleon"s dynamite: the spread of nationalism: 1799-1815, emperor napoleon bonaparte, wars of ideology, waterloo, congress of vienna. Invasions provoked nationalism: france"s sister republics, france still fragile, directory open to exploitation. Man of the moment: from corsica, military school in france, rose through the ranks, product of revolution, natural leader, 1799 first consul, rigged elections, nepotism. Revolutionary army: citizen army, massive national draft, powerful new forde, conquered spain, germans, italians, austria, prussia, russia, not all french. Personifying the state: emperor, 1804, cultural powerful image. Europe 1812: rome, largest empire, create an orderly society -- napoleonic code. Russian fiasco 1812: 600000 men, 250000 horses, 1500 miles, scorched earth, captured empty moscow, huge blunder.
