World history in the twentieth century Essay n. 3 Introduction (a road map for the article. It should introduce the topic, present the thesis, and state the main points of the essay) The twentieth century has alternatively been considered the most advanced and culturally sophisticated hundred years in world history , or the most disastrous and excessively inhumane period. Much has been written and said in an attempt to determine and document the causes of the excesses of these particularly short but tumultuous one hundred years. One general theory suggests that the events of the twentieth century were a natural result of the cumulative developments of the previous century and a half. Another theory proposes that the events of the 20th century were so unique and unprecedented that they can only be explained as a radical departure from the past and an entirely unique eccentricity in history. Thesis or argument (a position that can be reasonably contested) A thesis is generally a sentence or two at the end of the introductory paragraph. The twentieth century represents both the culmination and product of modern historical processes, and a period distinct, unique, and fundamentally different from previous centuries. The social, political, economic, scientific, and industrial developments of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries combined with never-before-imagined applications of extremist ideology to create, at times, both cataclysms and utopias. This article will examine the course of the twentieth century. century, recount the greatest achievements and worst abuses, and explain how these events followed, and did not follow, the precedent set in the late nineteenth century... middle of the document... previous centuries, which impacted the twentieth century in a so significant. Conclusion The twentieth century represents both the culmination and product of modern historical processes, as well as a period distinct, unique, and fundamentally different from previous centuries. The social, political, economic, scientific, and industrial developments of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries combined with never-before-imagined applications of extremist ideology to create, at times, both cataclysms and utopias. The twentieth century provided a unique set of circumstances, the “perfect storm,” so to speak, in which all previously existing ingredients could be combined to create a volatile mixture that surpassed anything the world had ever seen. This is the beauty and tragedy of the twentieth century, and the above explains how this happened.