Southern Europe:

The period between 1815 and 1871 saw a large number of revolutionary attempts and independence wars. Balkan nations began to regain independence from the Ottoman Empire. Italy unified into a nation state. The capture of Rome in 1870 ended the Papal temporal power. Rivalry in a scramble for empires spread in what is known as The Age of Empire.

Please answer a question about this article. If the question is unanswerable, say "unanswerable". What phrase is used to describe the period marked by competition for extant lands?
The Age of Empire