Created as part of the ABL-CLIO online resource, this Web site is a database that invites visitors to explore a variety of topics related to modern history. Select from an index listing of eras such as modern Europe, the Enlightenment, Aztec and Maya, the Great Depression, and World War I and II. Each item contains detailed information on that particular time period and part of the world. In addition, the site contains analysis of an enduring historical dilemma.

Title from title screen (viewed August 5, 2010). Release 3.0.

The emergence of modern Europe, 1500-1700 -- The world beyond Europe, 1500-1776 -- The age of reason, 1700-1800 -- A time of revolutions, 1776-1825 -- Spheres of influence, 1776-1914 -- The rise of Nationalism, 1815-1914 -- The power of the Industrial Revolution, 1800-1914 -- The world at war, 1914-1945 -- The Cold War, 1945-1991 -- A global world, 1914-present -- Idea exchange -- Mexican Revolution -- French absolutism -- African Empires -- African independence -- Modern agricultural innovation -- Aid and development -- American Imperialism -- American Revolution -- Apartheid -- Aztec -- Maya -- Blitzkrieg -- Capitalism -- China -- Collapse of Soviet Union -- European encounter -- Imperialism -- European Imperialism in Africa -- European maritime powers in Asia -- Feminism -- Woman suffrage -- Early Native Americans -- Overpopulation -- Haitian Revolution -- India -- German unification -- Growth of Japan -- Rise of urbanization -- Guatemalan Revolution -- Developed nations -- Developing nations -- Indian Independence -- Japan in World War II -- French Revolution -- Ming -- Qing -- Napoleon -- Canadian self-governance -- 19th century medical breakthroughs -- Ottoman Empire -- Pacific Rim Independence -- Railroads -- Steamships -- Realism -- Social criticism -- Revolutions in Latin America -- Age of Enlightenment -- Salt -- Gold -- Ivory -- Slaves -- Science versus religion -- Atlantic slave trade -- Romanticism -- 20th century technology -- Congress of Vienna -- Emergence of Russia -- Factory system -- Great Depression -- Information Era -- Iron Curtain -- Jacobins -- Reign of Terror -- Mughal Empire -- Northern Renaissance -- Opium War -- Reformation -- Fascism -- Scientific method -- Protestantism -- Italian Unification -- Thirty Years' War -- World War I -- 19th century immigration -- Containment -- United Nations -- Defense alliances -- Japanese isolation -- Mexican War of Independence -- World's Columbian Exposition -- Counter-reformation -- Scientific revolution -- Crimean War -- Consolidation of Modern nation-states -- Socialism -- Communism -- Global economy -- Modern China -- Superpowers -- Introduction of electricity.