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13 Cards in this Set
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The Mughal Empire
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-in India
-founded in 1526 -from a NW part of southern Asia -they were muslim, but managed to mediate w/the predominantly Hindu Indians |
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Akbar the Great
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-ruled from 1556 - 1606
-very good ruler -promoted religious tolerance |
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Vasco de Gama "discovers" India
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-sailed around the cape of good hope in 1498
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East India Trading Company
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-founded in 1600
-Robert Clive --> administrator -is given right to trade on behalf of England but by 1848 is essentially ruling India -semi-forced (w/ economic pressures sometimes) native leaders/rulers to sign trade treaties, etc. -built up its' own army -ends after the Sepoy Rebellion |
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Sepoy rebellion
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-1857
-Sepoy: an India native serving in the British(EITC) army -They rose up against the British b/c of cultural differances --> rifle cartridges w/animals fats of sacred animals, etc. |
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The Qing(Ching) Dynasty
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-1644 - 1911
-Manchurian(foreigners) yet successful for a long while |
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Trade of Opium outlawed
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-1839
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T'ai P'ing rebellion
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-1851 - 1865
-one of the few large internal rebellions which weaken the Qing Dynasty -15 million killed |
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Boxer Rebellion
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-1900
-Chinese attempt to expel foreigners & parts of own government |
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Revolution of 1911
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-1911
-emporer is forced to abdicate his position -the chinese republic begins under Sun yat-sen |
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Opium Wars
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-fought b/c British would not stop destorying the Chinese economy w/the selling of opium
-ended in 1857 w/Treaty of Nanjing |
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King Leopold II
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-1865 - 1909
-Belgium -makes Congo into his rubber factory manned essentially by slaves |
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Berlin Conference
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-1884
-European countries meet and carve up Africa |
