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Dark Continent The face of Europe was forever changed in the early 20th century. Great dynasties and empires toppled, as a result of World War I, and from their ruin came many states, each with its own sovereign government and leadership. As these states strived for political success, they were halted by clashes of ideologies such as fascism, communism and capitalism. In order to develop these loosely organized lands into thriving states, democracy had to be restored and the people had to believe in the system. Before World War I, there had been three empires, which controlled all of Europe. They were Tsarist Russian, the Hapsburg Empire and the Ottoman Empire. When the war was over Europe looked nothing like it did prior. Three great empires turned into 13 hard charging-states looking for some identity in the mess after World War I. These states formed their own constitutions with specific rights and laws outlined therein. What these new states failed to realize was that their constitutions were not feasible and, in most cases, unrealistic. Their fundamental aim was…to subordinate politics to law, to “rationalize” power and sweep away the inconsistencies and irrational residues of europe, states, war, world, people, state, order, mazower, germany, government, new, communism, out, economic, citizens, began, way, time, power, hitler, union, themselves, political, growth, economy, western, united, soviet, social, over, one, nazi, left, great, future