Home›The Age of Extremes›EraBrowse ByEraThis dimension groups historical events by the broader era in which they occurred. Wikipedia notes that history includes branches focused "on specific time periods, such as ancient history," while others concentrate on particular regions. Browsing by era lets a visitor compare events from the same broad period of history.FactsEraSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonStart YearWell-attested1914 CE 1EraFilter Results2 entriesEvent TypeAllEconomic Event (1)Military Conflict (2)Natural Disaster (1)Political Event (1)Group TreeAllEvents of the Depression and the Road to War, 1930 to 1945 (2)Events of the First World War and Its Aftermath, 1914 to 1929 (1)LocationAllAfrica (1)Anatolia (1)Asia (1)Beijing (1)Bengal (1)Bohemia (1)Dublin (1)East Asia (1)Europe (1)France (1)Mesopotamia (1)Moravia (1)North America (2)Ottoman Empire (1)The Balkans (1)The Middle East (1)The Ruhr (1)Thrace (1)Event Era (Year)All1914 (1)1915 (1)1916 (1)1917 (1)1918 (1)1919 (1)1921 (1)1923 (1)1929 (1)1930 (1)1932 (1)1936 (1)1937 (1)1939 (1)1943 (1)1944 (1)1945 (1)ParticipantsAllAdolf Hitler (1)Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este (1)Charles de Gaulle (1)David Lloyd George (1)Douglas Haig (1)Erich von Falkenhayn (1)Franklin D. Roosevelt (1)Gavrilo Princip (1)Georges Clemenceau (1)John Maynard Keynes (2)Joseph Stalin (2)Kaiser Wilhelm II (1)Mahatma Gandhi (1)Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1)Nicholas II of Russia (1)Patrick Pearse (1)Philippe Petain (1)Talaat Pasha (1)Winston Churchill (2)Woodrow Wilson (1)Participating StatesAllEmpire of Japan (1)French Third Republic (1)German Empire (1)Italy (1)Kingdom of Greece (1)Ottoman Empire (1)Republic of China (1912-1949) (1)Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1)Soviet Union (1)Spain (1)Sultanate of Egypt (1)Union of South Africa (1)End YearAll1945 (1)Start YearAll1789 (1)1945 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareThe Contemporary PeriodEra2 entriesThe Late Modern PeriodEra23 entriesSources1. Wikipedia: The Age of Extremestier 2WikipediaThe Age of Extremes, lead section, opening sentenceQuote, The Age of Extremes, lead section, opening sentenceThe Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991 is a book by Eric Hobsbawm, published in 1994.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.