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Muhammad Ahmad announced that he was the long- awaited savior of faith. Him and his followers resisted British expansion.
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British Merchants began making huge profits by trading opium grown in India for Chinese tea in the late 1700s
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Slaves were given nothing for work and beaten to death.
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Usman dan Fodio called for religious reforms based on the Islamic law.
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European powers won treaties giving them favorable trading terms, economic problems and corruption added to ottoman decay
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Medical advances and river steamship changed everything in the 1800s.
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In 1839, Chinese warships clashed with British merchants triggering the Opium War. A second war lasting from 1856 to 1858 ending with China being forced to sign treaties.
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In 1842 Britian recieved a huge indemnity and gained the island oh Hong Kong
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Imporoved tax collection, expanded cotton production, and increased participation for Egypt in world trade all done by Ali
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Taiping Rebellion which lasted from 1850 to 1864, the leader Hong Xiuauan called for an end to the hated Qing Dynasty
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Genocides were people who attempted to destroy radical, political, or cultural groups.
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Christians set up schools and medical clinics all across Africa.