Belle Époque

La Belle Epoque(1896-1914)

• Economic Recovery and optimism– North America and Western Europe

• Science and society – Modernism and its tensions

• Workers, • Women

– Middle East, China, Russia• Iran, Ottoman Empire, Egypt• China, Russian Revolution

– Constitutional Monarchies (Iran 1906, Ottoman Empire 1908,)

– Anti-foreign and anti-colonial movements (Egypt 1882, China 1900, Social revolutions (Russia 1905, 1917)

St. Petersburg, Russia

Istanbul, Ottoman Empire

La Belle Epoque(1896-1914)

• Economic Recovery and optimism– North America and Western Europe

• Science and society – Modernism and its tensions

• Workers, • Women

– Middle East, China, Russia• Iran, Ottoman Empire, Egypt• China, Russian Revolution

– Constitutional Monarchies (Iran 1906, Ottoman Empire 1908,)

– Anti-foreign and anti-colonial movements (Egypt 1882, China 1900, Social revolutions (Russia 1905, 1917)

Luzon, Philippines

Japan

India

La Belle Epoque(1896-1914)

• Economic Recovery and optimism– North America and Western Europe

• Science and society – Modernism and its tensions

• Workers, • Women

– Middle East, China, Russia• Iran, Ottoman Empire, Egypt• China, Russian Revolution

– Constitutional Monarchies (Iran 1906, Ottoman Empire 1908,)

– Anti-foreign and anti-colonial movements (Egypt 1882, China 1900, Social revolutions (Russia 1905, 1917)

• Iran– 1906 Constitutional revolution

• Ottoman Empire – 1876 Constitution– 1908 Young Turk Revolution– 1911-12, 1912-13 Balkan Wars– World War One

Jerusalem, 1899

Enver Pasha

Going to war

Istanbul, 1911 Belgrade 1911

Ottoman retreat

Istanbul, 1920

• Egypt– 1882 Crisis– Nationalist uprising (Urabi Pasha) – British occupation

Hiram Maxim with his invention

Spion Kop, South Africa, 1900

• China– Anti foreign sentiment– Boxer rebellion (1900)– Treaty– Empire weakened and overthrown

• Russia– Industrialization– War with Japan (1904-05)– 1905 Revolution– War and Revolution