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Europe changed more around 1800 and 1900 than any other time.

All of which brings up a question...

French Revolution, etc. (first fatal blows to European monarchies)

Russian Revolution, etc. (uniform fall of European monarchies)

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The "1800" and "1900" come in and so does the text. It is "outside the box."

Narrator:

Even mere century marks have traditionally been times for “thinking outside the box”—for seeing things as they are, and for seeking escape from oppression.

The essential forms of European power shifted more in the years around 1800 and 1900 than at any other time in the past five centuries.

All of this brings up a question...