Chpt. 22

For the most of modern history, Africa and Asia had fallen victim to European rule. Europe even today is still has its mark on these societies giving the fact that they have influenced most of common history, but during the 19th and 20th century Africa and Asia finally said enough and decided to become independent and less reliant on European control. Thanks to the United States revolt to British rule and the world wars, this help give both continents the heart to finally fight for their own independence. As they finally achieved independence, European rule over the rest of the world started to loosen and they became somewhat weak in the world of that time. "The enormously powerful force of nationalism, having earlier driven the process of European empire building, now played a major role in its disintegration. Colonial rule, in this argument, dug its own grave". It seems as the world was changing drastically especially after both world wars, so was the way the world thought politically and economically. For democracy was the popular form of government and not the shallow nationalism of the older eras.