Imperialism is defined as “the policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations,” according to the dictionary. In order for this paper to exist, the following information must be made known. Simply put, the countries controlling the lovely IRs would be Russia, Britain, and France. However, the power over the countries shifted, and on certain occasions wasn’t even there. Also, the …showed first 75 words of 1151 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1151 total…seen to much of war, but there was much more to come. Britain, Russia, and France, large factors in everyone’s life for so long, were now basically out of the picture. Politics had changed so much in just a hundred years, new leaders being instituted, old ones kicked out. The Ottoman empire, which had existed for so long, was wiped out, and they had new found independence. It was a confusing and trying time.