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"a period of rapid technological and scientific progress that transformed societies from agrarian to industrial."
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"a series of conflicts between the British Empire and the Boers of South Africa over British influence in the region" -
The Opium War was fought over the opium trade in China and Britain. -
The Treaty of Nanjing ended the First Opium War (is considered the first of the "unequal treaties" that forced China into imperial international law) -
"the first canal to connect the Mediterranean and Red Seas, allowing ships to travel directly between the two bodies of water." -
"a political revolution in Japan in 1868 that restored imperial rule and led to the modernization of the country. The era of the Meiji Restoration lasted until 1912."
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"The Berlin Conference was a meeting of European colonial powers that took place from 1884 to 1885. The conference was held in Berlin, Germany, and was intended to establish rules for colonizing Africa." -
"a period of European colonization of Africa that took place from the 1880s to the 1910s"
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"a confrontation between France and Britain in 1898 that occurred on the White Nile in Sudan. It was the culmination of a series of territorial disputes between the two countries over control of the African Upper Nile region" -
"a military conflict fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan from 1904 to 1905. The war was fought over control of Manchuria and Korea."