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Modern History

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Modern History 

the term in historiography for the period of world history immediately following the Middle Ages and preceding contemporary history. In Marxist historiography, modern history is considered to be the period from the English Civil War (17th century) to the Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917 in Russia.
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Besides, this idea of Jonah's weathering the Cape of Good Hope at so early a day would wrest the honor of the discovery of that great headland from Bartholomew Diaz, its reputed discoverer, and so make modern history a liar.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
de P-- -'s death was no longer an actuality, but the enterprising correspondent was proud of having ferreted out some unofficial information about that fact of modern history.
Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph View in context
What fact more conspicuous in modern history than the creation of the gentleman?
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
 
 
 
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