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the Qing dynasty of the Manchus was at the height of its power
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rebels seized Nanjing
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Chinese agreed to legalize the opium trade and open new ports to foreign trade
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the Sat-Cho alliance from Satsuma Choshu forced the shogun to promise to end relations with the West
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Meiji Restoration begins
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The country was divided into 75 prefectures and the number was reduced to 45
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a Jin was well attuned to the rigors and expected obedience
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Sun Yat-sen forms Revolutionary alliance in China
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Theodore Roosevelt made a “gentlemen’s agreement” with Japan
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Japan annexes Korea
