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The Portuguese discoveries
2:58 pm Portugal became the first European kingdom to develop an overseas expansion in the process of territorial expansion.
Stalinism in the inter-war USSR
4:34 pm Lenin’s death in 1924 brought to power Joseph Stalin and the imposition of its Marxism-Leninism version as the official ideology in the USSR.
Renaissance and Humanism in Europe
2:18 pm Humanism was a movement for cultural renewal, which emerged in Italy in the 14th century and spread throughout Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Cities and Countryside in 16th-century Europe
8:39 am In 16th century Europe, only 2% of the population lived in cities of more than 40,000 inhabitants. Major urban centres began to emerge on an eminently rural continent.
16th century economy: the colonial expansion, agriculture and trade
3:09 pm The Early Modern period saw no major changes in the economic and social structures inherited from the Late Middle Ages.
Charlemagne, Emperor. The Kingdom of the Franks (481-987)
4:01 pm The Carolingian Empire, within the stage of the Kingdom of the Franks, is a fundamental piece of European history. There are two periods: the Merovingian dynasty (481-751) and the Carolingian dynasty (751-987).
The democracies of interwar Europe: Britain, France and Germany
2:45 pm The twenty years separating the two world wars (1918-1939) marked one of the most politically and economically unstable times for the European continent.
