Sometimes, with the Periodization that the College Board uses; history creates these little prequels.  In this case, this is the story of how Japan, German, and the United States (as well as Russia) grew to be the major world power players that…
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Unification of Germany (this is 30 minutes long, but the guy playing Bismarck is awesome... ENJOY!)

BERLIN CONFERENCE of 1884