how did Eric Hobsbawm said 20th century called as Age of extremes
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Hobsbawm calls the period from the start of World War I to the fall of the so-called Soviet bloc "the short twentieth century", to follow on "the long 19th century", the period from the start of the French Revolution in 1789 to the start of World War I in 1914, which he covered in an earlier trilogy of histories (The Age of Revolution: Europe, 1789-1848, The Age of Capital: 1848–1875, The Age of Empire: 1875–1914). In the United States, the book was published with the subtitle A History of the World, 1914–1991 (ISBN 978-0-679-73005-7).
●Eric hobsbawm a historian called the 20th century as the age of extremes.
●Because during the twentieth century fascism was growing strong and the need for democracy was also growing.
●The average life expectancy rate and the literacy rate increased.
●The new art forms like movies images and the inventions took place in the field of science.
●More than hundred countries became independent.