The Netherlands The Netherlands used to have a huge empire in the East Indies before World War II consisting of Sumatra, Java and Celebes, West…
Notes on decolonization: Decolonisation marked a historical transition when the world shifted from colonial empires to nation-states. This transitionary point in history has its detailed…
Ali Ansari ends his short introduction to Iran by saying that, ‘Iran was midwife at the birth of the idea of the West. It was…
Introduction China was never ‘not there’ in history. Beginning with the semi-mythical Xia dynasty, China maintained the continuum despite the rising and declining dynasties dictated…
Tyrannies collapse not when they are at their worst but when they tend to reform themselves Alex de Tocqueville 1989-90 marked the collapse of the…
World war II broke out just after twenty years of world war I. The time between the two world wars saw huge developments in Europe…
The League of Nations was an international organisation that came into existence to prevent war and settle disputes after the 1st World War. It was…
Nazism was a political ideology that talked about the need to revive the glorious past of Germans. Nazi ideology was an authoritarian state ideology. It…
Russian revolution By the early 20th century, there was a rise in political movements based on socialism in many countries. With WW I, the socialist…
World War I was fought between influential and populated countries at multiple zones. It was the first war after industrialization and engulfed almost the whole…
