Intro to part 5

During the century and a half between 1750 and 1914, also known as the long nineteenth century, the creation of a new kind of human society emerged, know as modern.  It came from the intersection of the Scientific, French, and Industrial Revolutions. Those societies generated many of the transformative ideas that have guided human behavior over the past several centuries including the ideas that women could be equal to men, slavery was no longer necessary, and many more enlightened ideas and philosophies. The second theme of this century and a half was the growing ability of these modern societies to exercise enormous power and influence over the res of humankind. These two themes thrust Western Europe, and partly North America, into a new and more prominent role in world history. The power that Europeans accumulated during the long nineteenth century included the ability to rewrite geography and history in ways that centered the human story on Europe. Other countries looked up to Europe because the changing of geography, history, and overall society seemed to suggest something unique, special, or superior about them and their culture. However, scholars and teachers actively sought to counteract Eurocentric views

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