Explore how Europe expanded from 35% to 84% global control through industrial revolution, nationalism, and imperialism. Perfect for Swedish gymnasium history exam prep covering key actors, structures, and transformations.

Jag har historia prov jag går i årskurs 2 i gymnasiet och har prov inom industriella revolutionen slaveriets historia 1789-1888 aktörer och struktur wienkongress imperialism energihistoria och the west and the rest nationalism o h sapiens kapitel 15 (imperialism)


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**Lena:** Miles, I've been thinking about something pretty wild - did you know that in just one century, from around 1800 to 1900, Europeans went from controlling about 35% of the world to controlling 84% of it?
**Miles:** That's absolutely staggering when you put it that way, Lena. And what makes it even more fascinating is that this massive expansion happened right alongside the industrial revolution. It's not a coincidence at all.
**Lena:** Right! I mean, we're talking about the same period when steam engines are revolutionizing production, when new energy sources are transforming how societies work, and suddenly European powers are carving up entire continents.
**Miles:** Exactly. And here's what's really interesting - this whole period from 1789 to 1888 that we're looking at today, it's like watching dominoes fall. You have the French Revolution shaking up old power structures, the Vienna Congress trying to restore balance, industrial changes creating new needs for raw materials and markets, and then boom - the scramble for Africa, the rise of new nations, the whole imperial project.
**Lena:** It's like everything is connected in ways that probably weren't obvious to people living through it at the time. So let's dive into how these massive changes actually unfolded and shaped the world we know today.