Topic 7.1 Shifting Power After 1900
Learning Objective
Explain how internal and external factors contributed to change in various states after 1900.
Historical Developments
The West dominated the global political order at the beginning of the 20th century, but both land-based and maritime empires gave way to new states by the century’s end.
The older, land-based Ottoman, Russian, and Qing empires collapsed due to a combination of internal and external factors. These changes in Russia eventually led to communist revolution.
States around the world challenged the existing political and social order, including the Mexican Revolution that arose as a result of political crisis.
Shifting Power of older land based empires
The Ottoman Empire, The Russian Empire and The Qing Empire fell due to internal and external factors. Follow the links to read about each of the empires and how they fell.
In Latin America the Mexican Revolution challenged the existing political and social order.
In Latin America the Mexican Revolution challenged the existing political and social order.