This dimension names the place where a historical event actually occurred. Wikipedia notes that some branches of history "concentrate on particular geographic regions, such as the history of Africa," reflecting how tightly a specific event is tied to its own location. Browsing this way collects every event that took place in the same location.
Facts
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Bengal Province and Orissa Province, British India
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Dersim Region (modern-day Tunceli Province, Turkey)
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Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire (Dardanelles Strait)
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Germany, chiefly the Ruhr industrial region and Berlin
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Global, principally Europe, East Asia and the Pacific
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Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles, France
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Kronstadt, Kotlin Island, Russia
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Middle East
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Ottoman Empire (territory of modern-day Turkey)
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Prague, Bohemia and Moravia
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River Somme, Picardy, France (Western Front)
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Russia
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Soviet Ukraine
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Spain
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Verdun and its fortifications, Meuse, France (Western Front)
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: The Age of Extremes
WikipediaThe Age of Extremes, lead section, opening sentenceQuote, The Age of Extremes, lead section, opening sentence
The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991 is a book by Eric Hobsbawm, published in 1994.
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