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a holy war undertaken as a sacred duty by Muslims.
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any of the social divisions into which Hindu society is traditionally divided, each caste having its own privileges and limitations, transferred by inheritance from one generation to the next
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the title applied to the chief military commanders from about the 8th century a.d. to the end of the 12th century, then applied to the hereditary officials who governed Japan, with the emperor as nominal ruler, until 1868, when the shogunate was terminated and the ruling power was returned to the emperor
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the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
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served as the de facto initial constitution of the Philippine Islands after it was ceded by Spain to the United States by virtue of the Treaty of Paris
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signed 29 August 1842, was the unequal treaty which marked the end of the First Opium War between the British and Qing Empires of 1839-42. The treaties forced China to lower its tariffs.
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The Taiping Rebellion was a large-scale revolt in China from 1850 to 1864, during the Qing Dynasty, by an army led by heterodox Christian convert Hong Xiuquan. He established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (Chinese: 太平天國 pinyin: Tàipíng Tiān Guó), namely Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace with its capital at Nanjing and gained control of significant parts of southern China, at its height ruling over about 30 million people.
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refers to various ideologies based on a concept that competition among all individuals, groups, nations, or ideas drives social evolution in human societies.
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being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region
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regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power. Called for by Portugal and organized by Otto von Bismarck,
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The Second Boer War was a major turning point in British history, due to world reaction over the anti-insurgency tactics the army used in the region. This led to a change in approach to foreign policy from Britain who now set about looking for more allies.
Influence: To this end, the 1902 treaty with Japan in particular was a sign that Britain feared attack on its Far Eastern empire and saw this alliance as an opportunity to strengthen its stance in the Far East. This war led to a change from "splendid isolation" policy to a policy that involved looking for allies and improving world relations. Later treaties with France ("Entente cordiale") and Russia, caused partially by the controversy surrounding the Boer War, were major factors in dictating how the battle lines were drawn during World War One. |
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a form of absolute monarchy or despotism in which rulers were influenced by the Enlightenment. Enlightened monarchs embraced the principles of the Enlightenment, especially its emphasis upon rationality, and applied them to their territories. They tended to allow religious toleration, freedom of speech and the press, and the right to hold private property. Most fostered the arts, sciences, and education.
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| Mexican military and political leader who tried to crush the Texan revolt. Victorious at the Alamo (1836), he was soon after defeated and captured by the Texans. In the Mexican War he lost several major battles (1846-1847) to Gen. Zachary Taylor. |
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the belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences.
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a treaty signed with France in 1803 by which the U.S. purchased for $15,000,000 the land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
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| A war between Spain and the United States in 1898, as a result of which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands, and Guam to the United States and abandoned all claim to Cuba, which became independent in 1902. |
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| exploded and sank on 15 February 1898, the explosion was a precipitating cause of the Spanish-American War that began in April 1898 and which used the rallying cry, "Remember the Maine!, |
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| the term used to describe the effort of the United States — particularly under President William Howard Taft — to further its foreign policy aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries--It was then known as a dollar diplomacy because of the money that went into being able to have warlike figures paid for without any fighting, as most people would say. |
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| 1901- British cede exclusive rights to dig canal thru Panama isthmus and in 1903, a newly seceded Panama made treaty with U.S to build 10 mile wide canal zone. Panama gained control back in 1999 |
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| 1870- Europeans percentage of control of Africa |
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| By WWI, the only African states not under European rule |
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| organized the International African Association to serve the continent humanitarianly |
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| first leader to acquire new African territory |
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| King Leopold II of Belgium |
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| Founders of DeBeers Diamond Co |
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| Cecil Rhodes and Barney Barnato |
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| Cape Colony and Orange Free State |
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| year the law prohibiting blacks from digging up minerals was enacted |
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| DeBeers owns ___% of world's diamonds |
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| French and British fought over India during _____ ______ War |
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| British reformers prohibited Sati in Hindu Culture, which is |
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| the burning of widows on the funeral pyres of their deceased husbands |
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| India supplied England with crucial raw materials such as |
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| cotton,rice,tea,and indigo |
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| Indian forces or Sepoys protested new cartridges used in battle because |
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| they were smeared with the fat of cows and pigs |
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| British brought _______ to Asia |
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| railroads,telegraphing,soldiers,public works programs |
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| the British teaching them to read books of the homeland |
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| Alaska purchased from Russia for ______ |
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| Spanish-American War over Cuba |
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| U.S gets Phillipines and Guam and est. government in Cuba; U.S used USS Maine accident as reason to wage war on Spain |
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| British East India Co. were ______% of trading in China |
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| China stopped importing Opium into country b/c of hazards |
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| Britain sent private ships with Opium and Chinese paid in gold |
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| Estimated Executed during Taiping Rebellion |
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