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Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire was important for bringing almost the entire Indian subcontinent under one domain, drawing the subcontinent's regions together through enhanced overland and coastal trading networks. It was also known for its cultural influence and its architectural achievements -
First Industrial Revolution
The first Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain when innovation led to goods being produced in large quantities due to machine manufacturing. -
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The French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of major social uproar. It sought to completely change the relationship between the rulers and those they governed and to redefine the nature of political power. -
Bastille Day
One of the revolutionary days in Paris and now a national holiday, Bastille Day is celebrated with a mixture of military parades, dancing and fireworks. The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 has been celebrated in France for more than a century. -
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Haitian Revolution
Slavery and the plantation system created a racially divided society in Saint Domingue. News of the American and French Revolutions worsened class tensions on the island, causing the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution. -
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The Opium Wars
British forces fought a war in China that benefitted drug smugglers. Their victory in the conflict opened up the lucrative Chinese trade to British merchants. -
Second Industrial Revolution
The Second Industrial Revolution was a period when advances in steel production, electricity and petroleum caused a series of innovations that changed society. With the production of cost effective steel, railroads were expanded and more industrial machines were built. -
Maxim Gun
The Maxim machine gun is the first fully automatic machine gun developed by engineer and inventor Hiram Maxim while he was in England. It gave European nations an advantage over Africans they encountered. -
The Berlin Conference
European colonizers sought to discuss the partitioning of Africa, establishing rules to amicably divide resources among the Western countries at the expense of the African people. -
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The Scramble for Africa
The Scramble for Africa can be explained by two important and interrelated causes: imperial rivalry and industrialization. Imperial rivalry is the most obvious cause. As the European empires were growing in power and wealth, they sought to expand their territorial reach in order to remain competitive with one another. -
The Third Revolution
The Third Industrial Revolution, or Digital Revolution, began in the late 1900s and is characterized by the spread of automation and digitization through the use of electronics and computers, the invention of the Internet, and the discovery of nuclear energy.