1922 was a year of great turbulence and upheaval. Its events reverberated throughout the rest
of the twentieth century and still affect us today 100 years later. Empires fell. The Ottoman
Empire collapsed after more than six centuries. The British Empire had reached its greatest
extent but its heyday was over. The Irish Free State was declared and demands for independence
in India grew. New nations and new politics came into existence. The Soviet Union was
officially created and Mussolini's Italy became the first Fascist state.
