Tirohia te whiti i raro nei, ka whakautu i te patai i muri mai i te reo ano o te whiti: Passage: The Age of Enlightenment, the subsequent French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars shaped the continent culturally, politically and economically from the end of the 17th century until the first half of the 19th century. Ko te Huringa Ahumahi, i timata i Ingarangi i te mutunga o te rautau 18, i ara ake i te huringa ohaoha, ahurea me te hapori i Uropi ki te Hauauru me te ao whanui. I puta nga pakanga o te ao e rua i Uropi, i whai waahi ki te heke o te mana o Uropi ki te Hauauru i roto i nga take o te ao i te waenganui o te rautau 20 i te wa i puta ai te Soviet Union me te United States. I te Pakanga Makariri, i wehewehea a Europe i te taha o te Iron Curtain i waenga i te NATO i te Hauauru me te Pact o Warsaw i te Rawhiti, tae noa ki nga hurihanga o 1989 me te hinga o te Pakanga o Berlin.
te waenganui o te rau tau 20