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[โ€“] wieson@feddit.org 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

What about 'em? I don't know what about the US. They were still colonising, so they fall under the canopy of age of colonialism.

Nationalism, because many now-countries underwent the process of nation building. The focus went from being ruled by a monarchical house to being grouped with people of the same ethnicity, however that is understood.
This describes any settler nation but also Italy, Germany, everyone in the Balkan region.

I forget the "industrial revolution" which is also a parallel era-defining development.

My opinion: Age of ...

  • Discovery: 1420 - 1600
  • Colonialism: 1600-1980
  • Enlightenment: 1720-1800
  • Revolution: 1770-1850
  • Industrial revolution: 1750-1900
  • Nationalism: 1800-1920
  • Decolonisation: 1950-2000

Btw, the German Wikipedia article for "Victorian era" literally says: "In British history, the Victorian Age (also known as the Victorian Era) usually refers to the long period of Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 to 1901."
That's why I'm making all this fuzz, cause it's not universal. Sorry for rambling.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

That's reasonable. It looks like other people agree with you about the age of discovery, although I always thought of it extending longer. Australia and NZ were discovered by Europeans in the mid-1600s, and Siberia and Alaska (which are somewhat geopolitically significant) had ongoing exploration into the 1700s.

I'd also move colonialism at least back to Columbus.