Imperialism is not a product of the modern age, it is possible to follow the beginning of the first overseas expeditions and the first offensive swith the goal to counquer a foreign territory. The power of some country began to manifest itself not only in a military force that possessed, but also in the accumulation of capital which was acquired in trade. Those areas, often untouched and rich with resources, promised prosperity to their colonists. Raw materials, precious stones, teas, coffee, spices, cotton and other requested products appear and took over world stage. Underdevelopment, unstable government and the inability of the Organization of Defense made the countries of the third world with easy prey. In the 18th and 19th century Great Britain, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and Spain became the main actors in the world politics. The economy and the economic progress of acountry depended on the exploitation of its possessed areas. Africa, Asia and Latin America became the centers of events, the core of all of the turmoil and hostility of the industrialized European countries. The end of the 19th century recorded a birth of new powers, but their political plans weren't much different than the model and the general atmosphere of the world. It was the same period when the process of liberation of the colonies began, as well as the first mutiny and civil wars caused by the exploitation of their labour force and the economy, and an attempt by the assimilation and the suppression of their culture and national identity. Although decolonization was still in progress during the 20th century, in the 19th century the first separations and recognitions of autonomy and sovereignty were recorded. It is important to mention that there is still a large part of a territory of foreign countries belonging to colonists. It seems justified to ask whether the first world war was just a culmination of an aggressive and unscrupulous policy of those same forces? Is the modern world mature enough so that the rattling of the chains never happens again, or will it defer to that "Ipsa historia repetit "?