Finally, the Dark Continent has been explored and partitioned: in the south, after a sharp conflict, British and Dutch are on the way to become a united people; in the north, Egypt has been reorganised under British administration. We end, as we began, with the land of the Pyramids. ARTHUR D. INNES. +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TIME-TABLE OF THE WORLD: A.D. 1700 to 1914 | | | | Struggle for Colonial Supremacy. French Revolution and Napoleonic | | Wars. Growth of Democracy and Consolidation of European States. | | Colonial Extension of Responsible Government | +-----+--------------------------+-----------------------------+-----+ |A.D. | Asia, Africa, and | Europe and America |A.D. | |1700 | Australasia | |1700 | | | | | | | | | War of Spanish Succession, | | | | | 1702-13. Bourbons | | | | | established in Spain. | | | | | Career of Charles XII. of | | | | | Sweden, 1697-1718. | | | | | GREAT BRITAIN: Incorporating| | | | | union of England and | | | | | Scotland, 1707. | | | | | Turkish advance decisively | | | | | stopped by Eugene, 1717. | | | | | Alliance of France and | | | | | Great Britain. | | |1720 +--------------------------+-----------------------------+1720 | | | | Anglo-Spanish War, combined | | | | | with War of the Austrian | | | | | Succession, 1739-48. | | | | | Development of Prussian | | | | | military power under | | | | | Frederick William. | | |1740 +--------------------------+-----------------------------+1740 | | | Struggle between British | GREAT BRITAIN: End of | | | | and French in Southern | Jacobitism (the | | | | India, 1746-61. | Forty-five) consolidates | | | | | the union. | | | | | Seven Years’ War (1756-63): | | | | | Prussia and Great Britain | |