Chapter 24 By kaylalovesf1 1831 Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt Sep 4, 1839 First Opium War Aug 29, 1842 Treaty of Nanking 1850 The Taiping Rebellion Jul 8, 1853 Matthew Perry opens Japan for trade Oct 8, 1856 Second Opium War 1857 The Sepoy Rebellion Nov 1, 1858 Britain crushes Great Rebellion in India Jan 19, 1863 Reign of Ismail in Egypt 1868 Meiji Restoration in Japan Jul 4, 1879 End of the Anglo-Zulu War Nov 15, 1884 Berlin Conference Mar 1, 1896 Ethiopia defeats Italy at the Battle of Adwa 1898 US takes over the Philippines Jun 11, 1898 Hundred day of reform in China Sep 2, 1898 Battle of Omdurman Sep 29, 1898 Samory Touré defeated by the French 1899 Joseph Conrad publishes Heart of Darkness 1899 Rudy hard Kipling writes “The White Man’s Burden” Oct 11, 1899 South African War Nov 2, 1899 The Boxer Rebellion 1902 Hobson publishes Imperialism 1905 Mani Maji Rebellion 1905 Japan defeats Russia in the Russo-Japanese War Aug 22, 1910 Japanese Invasion of Korea 1911 A Republic replaces China’s Qing Dynasty 1914 Most of Africa falls under European Rule Aug 15, 1914 Panama Canal Opens Dec 24, 1979 Russian expansion reaches Afghanistan