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Colonialism in China, which initially started in only a few treaty port areas during the 1840s, gradually expanded over time and continued for more than a century -
In 1855 David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls at the border of modern Zambia and Zimbabwe.
He named them for Queen Victoria.
In that same expedition he became the first European to cross the width of the African continent. -
John Hanning Speke discovered the source of the Nile on August 3rd, 1858. John Hanning Speke, an army officer's son from the West Country -
It was the Meiji Restoration that finally abolished the strict class system and created a more free and democratic system that allowed the Japanese people to unleash their full potential. Under this new democratic system, Japan modernized and developed rapidly. -
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It was the first electrical generator suitable for industrial use, as it was the first based on the principles of Michael Faraday. -
Is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia. -
Daily Telegraph financed Stanley on another expedition to Africa. His ambitious objective was to complete the exploration and mapping of the Central African Great Lakes and rivers, in the process circumnavigating Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika and locating the source of the Nile. -
Was a device that transmitted sounds through a cable through electrical signals. -
Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister, had Queen Victoria proclaimed as Empress of India. India was already under crown control after 1858, but this title was a gesture to link the monarchy with the empire further and bind India more closely to Britain. -
Was a war fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United Kingdom and Boers of the Transvaal.
The war resulted in a Boer victory and eventual independence of the South African Republic. -
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Berlin West Africa Conference, a series of negotiations at Berlin, in which the major European nations met to decide all questions connected with the Congo River basin in Central Africa. -
It was a French colonial territory located in the Asian region of Indochina. -
Is an early term for several types of motion picture film mechanisms. -
During his tenure, U.S. President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States to date. -
It was a movement that emerged in China during the Qing dynasty against foreign influence on trade, politics, religion and technology in the last years of the 19th century. -
Wright brothers made history in their Kitty Hawk Flyer with the first powered flight. Wilbur and Orville had just become the first true airplane pilots. The first of four flights that day lasted just 12 seconds and traveled only 180 feet, but it proved that human flight was possible. -
The main cause of the Russo-Japanese War was the territorial claims both countries made on Manchuria and the Empire of Korea. The Russians wanted at all costs an ice-free port in the region, which would provide access to the Pacific Ocean. -
Is an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America.
The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a conduit for maritime trade.