🌍ap world history: modern review

Napoleonic Empire

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The empire established by Napoleon through military expansion across Europe, resulting from the French Revolution's use of nationalism as an ideology.

AP course connection

Topic 5.2: 5.2 Nationalism and Revolutions from 1750-1900

Unit 5

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