From the end of 15, Europe entered a modern period marked by great geographical discovery, religious reform and the rise of nation-states. Modern times include three centuries from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, from 1500 to 1800, or from 1492 when the New World was discovered to 1789 when the French Revolution took place.
This period is characterized by the rising importance of science, rapid technological progress, secular civil politics and the sudden emergence of nation-states. The capitalist economy began to sprout from the republics in northern Italy, such as Genoa. Modern times have also witnessed the development and leading position of mercantilist economic theory.
Naturally, modern times also represented the decline and final disappearance of feudal society, serfdom and Roman Catholic church authority in most parts of Europe. This period also included the Protestant Reformation, the disastrous Thirty Years' War, European colonization of America and witch hunting in Europe.
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Modern World History: Starting Time-16th Century
In terms of time and content, it can be divided into three periods: early bourgeois revolution, industrial capitalism and monopoly capitalism.
According to the objective law of the development of the capitalist system itself, the modern history of the world can be divided into four stages:
First, the period when the capitalist system came into being (17 and18th century);
Second, enter the era of industrial capitalism (1the first half of the 9th century);
Third, the establishment of the world capitalist system (65438+ 1950s and 1960s);
Fourth, capitalism is stable and developing, and it has entered a period of monopoly (19, early 20th century).
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