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imperialism |
greater power controlling the people, territory, and resources of a less powerful state or region -GREATER power, not LARGER |
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Edward Said |
1978 -wrote 'Orientalism' -said that there is a distinction between the Orientals (East) and the the Occidentals (West), which justifies Western dominance -i.e. "The East needs our help" |
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Sick Man of Europe* |
what Emperor Nicholas I (Russian leader) referred to the Ottomans as |
*Middle East |
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Tanzimate |
1839-1876 -series of reforms in the Ottoman Empire -outside powers don't want the Ottomans to get too reformed or too powerful, for then they won't maintain good relationships |
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Le Grand Tour |
young literate individuals who would travel from Rome to Athens, Istanbul, etc. -instead of just noticing the clothes or accents of these people, they would compare them to the ancients, like Julius Caesar -they would write these traveler accounts, but with so many people writing them, to make them stand out, people would write about he exotic and exaggerate -people would get a distorted view of the rest of the world |
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Sir Richard Burton |
goes on a lot of adventures -translates into English, 1001 Arabian Nights; fairy tales--however, people in Europe took it as people who believe in magic and it gave Europe a distorted view -also wrote The Karma Sutra(SEX BOOK), which made Europe think they were obsessed with sex |
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Gustave Flaubert |
wrote Madam Bovary(1857) -in the book, Bovary had fantasies that took place in the Middle East, because that's how they viewed the Middle East -Europe: controlled desire -Middle East: animalistic |
Europe thought they had to come in and save them |
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Rudyard Kipling |
wrote White Man's Burden(1899) -poem written specifically for US audience after they gained territory from the Spanish-American War(Philippines, etc) -was trying to warn them; they have to be prepared to go civilize the territory |
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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres |
painted Slave Auction(1867) -depicted a harem as a place where woman were always ready for sex |
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Eugene Delacroix |
painted Death of Sardanapalus(1827) -painted an event from the Ottoman history in which the Sultan had all of his mistresses killed so they wouldn't be captured -an event that happened a long time ago, but they are dressed modernity, as if t say this is till going on |
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Jean-Lean Gerome |
painted the Snake Charmer(1889) -traveled a lot, so people thought the knew what was really going on -depicted a animalistic desire for young boys |
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The Sheik |
1921 silent film -Arab who lives in the desert, meets a European woman and they fall in love -in the end, The Sheik and the European woman find out he was actually a European who was stolen from a European family when he was young |
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Mughal Empire* |
very large and powerful -Aurangzeb(1658-1707)-powerful ruler -after his death, various places in the Empire look to become independent |
*Mughal Empire |
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1800s |
By the 1800s, British owns most of the India territory and the Emperor is basically a prisoner in his palace |
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Sepoys |
Indian soldiers serving the British -were getting paid well, and Sepoys didn't mind -British soon start to act as though they rule and are not guests; Sepoys become uneasy -the British introduce a new gun, but the cartridge needed a lube, so the British used beef fat and pork fat; to open a cartridge quickly during battle, the bag is usually opened a soldier's teeth -Sepoy's revolt and massacre any Britain they see, but also loot the wealthy -The British stop the revolt but also retaliate by killing many Indians |
beef = sacred to Hindu
pork = sacred to Muslim -figured Britain did it on purpose; if they eat it, even accidentally, people in the community will see them as unclean |
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China* |
mostly untouched by the West, because China was too powerful |
*China |
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Guangzhou(Canton) |
port that the Chinese allow the Europeans to use -however,China doesn't really need anything; they only accept precious metals -Britain's desire for tea was growing; by 1800, 10% at all government revenue came from taxes on tea -finally found something that they have that China would want to fix the trade balance; Opium(incredibly addictive) |
-people in China kept getting high, which disrupts the government
-China puts a halt on it, but Britain still had customers -the Chinese burn on of their ships and Britain said they had to pay for it -when China said no, Britain saw this as a way to start war |
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Opium Wars |
1839-1842 -result: Chinese deafeat |
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Treaty of Nanjing |
1842 -China open up trade to Britain -China gives them an island as a base = Hong Kong -other places want to trade, so China opens up; when they start to refuse, Britain threatens war again |
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Taiping Rebellion |
1850-64 -spreads throughout almost all of China -religious at first: a man said he was told by God to create Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace |
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Sino-Japanese War |
Japan v. China -Japanese obtain the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan |
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Boxer's Uprising |
1900 -'Boxer' because there nae was translated to 'Righteous Harmony Fists' -'Lets get rid of all the foreigners' -crushed by a great military |
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Republic of China |
led by various war lords |
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Japan* |
opposite of what happens to China
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*Japan
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Admiral Matthew Perry |
goes to Japan to open up trade with the US |
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Meiji Period |
1868-1912 -the time of Emperor Meigi; doesn't want to end up like china -massive reform 1. eliminates samurai (always about the old ways) 2. more than just the elite needs to be educated 3. creates a Constitution |
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Russo-Japanese War |
Russia v Japan -Japan win and non-white area takes note of the lack of 'white superiority' |
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