Vasco da Gama. Vasco da Gama was the first European to open a sea-based trade route to India. In an epic voyage, he sailed around Africa's Cape of Good Hope and succeeded in breaking the monopoly of Arab and Venetian spice traders.
The French Revolution, and the invasion of Spain by the French
The treaty of Versailles placed Germany, only one of the countries involved in World War 1, under full blame for the war and its aftermath. It forced the already decimated Germany to pay for the allies' damages, and to decrease its military might to something so small it could barely maintain internal unity. This put the country into extreme debt and brought German morale to an all-time low. The treaty paved the way for Hitler's extremist views coming into popularity with many of the lower-class citizens. Some say that the treaty is the leading cause of World War 2 as it caused Germany to feel complete hatred and fear for the allies, and failed to put proper restrictions onto German military.
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