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One of the most influential inventions of all time.
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Constant civil war period in Japan between rival Japanese war lords.
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Colonialism was aquiring land from another area, occupying it and explioting the people and land.
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The Portugese invested in evanglization in Brazil and trade in Asia and Africa. They also made the sugar industry very wealthy
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Hernan Cortez and his men land in Mexico in search of wealth.
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A civil war took place over soil. The word of God was destroyed and new weapons were introduced to the Peruvians.
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The Tsar rule in Russia, was a long line of rulers in Russia through 1547-1917. Most rulers were not great and did some awful things. Others were not as bad and ruled fairly.
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The Puritans were searching for religous freedom in the American Colonies. Their occupation resulted in many conflicts with natives, the colonies became overcrowded and they brought foreign diseases.
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Essentially made Russian Serfs in the fuedal Slaves
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The French came to Saint Domingue to produce sugar and money for their country. Saint Domingue ended up becoming the richest colony in the world producing 40% of Europes sugar and 60% of Europes coffee.
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Known as the age of reason, the enlightenment period was when people began believing more in science and reason opposed to religion and divine faith.
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The Russians came to Alaska for fur pelts and resources since they had stripped Siberia of all of its resources. They ended up still relying on resources from Siberia which sometimes wouldnt even arrive.
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One of the most influential revolts of all time, The French Revolution abolished Frances Monarch system.
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Napoleons invasion of Russia was one of the most succesful invasions man kind has seen. Still today it is regarded as possibly the most lethal campaign of all time.
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Born on April 9th 1835 in Brussels Belgium, King Leopold would become one of the most ruthless rulers man kind has ever seen. Comitting many atrocities in the Congo of Africa which he controlled. He died December 17th 1909 at 74 years of age.
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When the British colonized India it was a huge economic boost for them, the indians were explioted for taken advantage of.
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KIng Leopold II would at first rule this colony and use it as a incoming factory where his men would beat, torture, and force the Congalese people to work. He used the Congo as a rubber farm. He would later give up the colony to the Belgian government, who realized there was plenty of minerals and natural resources under the dirt. The Belgian government would then switch the labor to mining.
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Adolf hitler was one of the most influenential and cruel rulers of all time.
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Mao ruled over China from 1949 until his death in 1976
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After over 100 years of oppression, forced labor, and exploitation, the people of the Congo were finally free from the oppressive hand of the Belgian government and
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Mao launched this cultural revolution to seize power in he late 60's