1. Age Of Imperialism
What’s Yours is Mine

2. Turn of the century 1.6 billion people world wide 915 million in Asia
81 million in N America
423 million in Europe and Russia
120 million in Africa
63 million in s. America
6 million in anzac

3. Life expectancy in USA and W. Europe is 50 years
In Russia about 30
In India 23

4. Lively hood 7/10 of the world’s workers farmed
New cities rapidly expanding with industrialization

5. Mobility Biggest industries are Coal, Steel and Railway building
Industrialized countries still have colonies to gain resources and exploit
Steam ships allow for global trade

6. People began to migrate all over
Looking for a better life, better jobs, escaping bad living conditions
13 million of 92 million americans were foreign born
Cinese were moving into Malaya
Japan to south america

7. British Empire 1914

8. Empire Stats Population of Britain 40.8 million
Population of colonies 390 million
Number of British colonies 56
Size of the British colonies 27 million km2
Britain’s army 700,000 soldiers
Britain’s navy ships
Coal output per yr 292 million tonnes
Steel output each year 11 million tonnes

9. German Empire 1914

10. Empire Stats Population of Germany 65 million
Population of colonies 15 million
Number of German colonies 10
Size of the German colonies 2.5 million km2
German army 4,200,000 soldiers
German navy ships
Coal output per yr 277 million tonnes
Steel output each year 14 million tonnes

11. Russian Empire 1914

12. Empire Stats Population of Russia 159 million
Russian army 1,200,000 soldiers
Russian navy 166 ships
Coal output per yr 3.6 million tonnes
Steel output each yr 14 million tonnes

13. Austria-Hungary 1914

14. Empire Stats Population of A-H 50 million A-H army 800,000 soldiers
A-H navy 67 ships
Coal output per yr 47 million tonnes
Steel output each yr 5 million tonnes

15. France 1914

16. Empire Stats Population of France 39.6 million
Population of colonies 58 million
Number of French colonies 29
Size of the French colonies 11 million km2
French army 3,700,000 soldiers
French navy ships
Coal output per yr 40 million tonnes
Steel output each year 4.6 million tonnes

17. The Balkan Problem 1914

18. Rise of Nationalism
Nationalism was an intense form of patriotism. Those with nationalist tendencies celebrated the culture and achievements of their own country and placed its interests above those of other nations.

20.  Pre-war nationalism was fuelled by wars, imperial conquests and rivalry, political rhetoric, newspapers and popular culture, such as ‘invasion literature’ written by penny press novelists.

21. British nationalism was fuelled by a century of comparative peace and prosperity. The British Empire had flourished and expanded, its naval strength had grown and Britons had known only colonial wars.

23.  German nationalism was a new phenomenon, emerging from the unification of Germany in It became fascinated with German imperial expansion (securing Germany’s ‘place in the sun’) and resentful of the British and their empire.

24. Rising nationalism was also a factor in the Balkans, where Slavic Serbs and others sought independence and autonomy from the political domination of Austria-Hungary.