NYSED Global History and Geography Online Resource Guide: Turningpoints

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World War I began as a localized Balkan crisis in what became a larger conflict. New technologies such as: the magazine rifle, tanks, submarines, chemical weapons, synthetic explosives made World War I far deadlier war than previous wars. The war bogged down into a deadly stalemate. The death toll, both civilian and military was far greater than any previous European conflict. Between 8 - 10 million young men were killed. By the end of World War I, once powerful empires collapsed; European dominance in the world was eroded; the United States emerged as a world power, and new European nations were created; populations were dislocated creating millions of refugees, an influenza pandemic swept the world.

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	Scientific Revolution
	Scientific Breakthroughs
	Fall of the Ottoman Empire
	World War II

Nationalism
Imperialism
Great Influenza Epidemic

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