European powers
Old World hegemonies
European powers refers to the nations of Europe that have historically wielded significant military, economic, and political influence—particularly Britain, France, Germany, Spain, and Russia.
The term appears most often in historical contexts discussing colonialism, world wars, and diplomatic alliances: The European powers carved up Africa at the Berlin Conference.
It implies a collective capacity to shape global events.
- Berlin ConferenceMeeting that divided Africa
- slaveryOwnership of people
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- colonial ruleForeign power's territorial dominion
Roman Empire · United Kingdom · royal families · spheres of influence · hegemony · Triple Entente · nationalism · world wars · French Empire · Congress of Vienna · treaty negotiations · Spanish Empire · Industrial Revolution · British Empire · Austro-Hungarian Empire · navies · diplomacy · alliances
- Napoleonic EraNapoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic Code
- African explorationDavid Livingstone, Henry Stanley, expeditions, explorers, Richard Burton
- Balkan HistoryBalkans, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Montenegro
- Seven Years WarSeven Years War, French and Indian War, Quebec, Montreal, Treaty of Paris
- Maghreb HistoryMorocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Algiers, Marrakech
- WWI AfricaGerman East Africa
European powersAfrican nations
Sovereign states of that continent
China · India · Japan · United States · Russia