Turning Points
History is written by the victors but it is the ever changing and winding road of history with all of its twists and turns that make us who we are within the framework of that history. So, it is natural to look at history as a series of turning points which change the course of history for ever more.
The following turning points are important to the development of the world. Standard 2
- The Neolithic Revolution
- Fall of the Roman Empire
- The Crusades
- The Renaissance
- Protestant Reformation
- The Age of Exploration
- The Commercial Revolution
- The Age of Absolutism
- The Age of Enlightenment
- The French Revolution
- The Unification of Germany
- World War I
- World War II
- The Cold War
- The Fall of the Soviet Union
- The War on Terrorism