It depends on what time period you're referring to. Before WWI, the Great European Powers were the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Russia. Before WWII, the Great European Powers were the UK, France, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and the Soviet Union. Today, the Great European Powers are the UK, France, Germany, and Russia.
That's a very vague question. Japan China was never fully Controled by European powers Liberia, but that was a U.S client state Eithiopia for a long period Most of South and Central America in the 19th-21st century Persia and Afghanistan (Influenced by Britain and Russia)
It was usually longer.
renaissances
During that time period Russia was a Communist nation.
Um... true?
the religious wars
Joseph Stalin was the leader of Russia until his death in 1953. The period after his death started what is known as the Khrushchev Era.
well the ww2 carried on during this period of time....
renaissance i do believe.
A lot of Irish came during that period, along with european and asian immigrants
There have been numerous European dictatorships. Please resubmit the question specifying the country and time-period for a useful answer.