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Period of technological and mechanical advancements starting in Great Britain and eventually spreading throught Europe. New technologies like the steam engine, spinning jenny, and telegraph allowed for mass production of goods in factories, rather than by hand.
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Conflicts mainly between Britain and China over an opium ban. It resulted in China signing unfair treaties over who can trade where.
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It was a treaty that ended the first opium war, and is considered the first unequal treaties in China. In it, Hong Kong is given to Britain, and British merchants were allowed to trade with any Chinese merchant.
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First waterway fully connecting the Mediterranean and Red seas
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Samurai and court nobles overthrew the shogunate and restored power to the emperor, Mutsuhito, who took the reign name Meiji. The goals were to modernize Japan and adopting some western culture.
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Is when Europe's rapid expansion in to Africa happened, and competition for territory in Africa.
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Was made to formalize the claims for Africa and make rules for colonization.
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Confrontation between France and Britain in 1898 that occurred in the Sudan
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A series of fights between South Africa and Britain. It was caused by conflicting political ideas, and a series of revolts.
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The Russo-Japanese War was a military conflict fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan from 1904 to 1905.