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Europe established a good trading system with Africa in 1850.
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In 1857, the East India Company callapsed under the pressure of the Sepoy Rebellion, and the British began the Raj in India.
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The 1869 completion of the Suez Canal connected the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
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Representatives from multiple countries met peacefully at the Berlin Conference to discuss the colonization of Africa in 1884-5.
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Queen Liliuokalani began her rule over Hawaii in 1893.
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The Ethioipians, who desired to keep their land, defeated the invading Italians at the Battle of Adwa in 1896.
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As a result of the Spanish-American war in 1898, the United States took Puerto Rico and the Philippines from Spain.
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The British won the second Boer War, which began in 1899.
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Most of Africa was under the control of various European countries in 1914.
