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25 Cards in this Set
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Tanzimat
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"reorginization" an era named after reformers that attacked ottoman law trying to make it more like europeans (like elightenment).
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Taiping Rebellion
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Followers of Hong ("the heavenly king") men and women who nearly brought down Qing dynasty
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Young Ottoman's and Turks
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Most disagreable and active organization. A bunch of exiled ottoman subjects. Equality and suffrage.
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Rashid
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Young Turk/Ottoman's use as puppet sultan. Reigned but didn't rule.
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al-Hamid II
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Accepted a consitution weakening his authority. Got sick of it though and got rid of it. Dethroned by Young Turks in 1909.
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Crimean War
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reveal the weakness of Russian Empire. Russia couldn't mobilize or equip army like Europe.
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Zemstovs
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Elected officials to deal with issues of Russia's people. Still not as powerful as tsarist aristocracy.
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Tokugawa
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the dynasty that fell in japan causing change and reform
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Muhammad Ali
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built a powerful army modeled on European forcesand ruled Egypt from 1805 to 1848.
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Capitulations
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symbolized foreign influence (the right to exercise juridiction...)
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Mahmud II
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Launched own reform program. Taxed lanlords and give power to sultan. No military land grants. Consolidate empire.
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Intelligista
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Intellectuals that opposed Russian Government and protested. Want social change.
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Land and Freedom Party
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Promote assassination of officials to pressure Russia into political reform.
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Russo-Japanese war
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start at Port Arthur in 1904 end with the destruction of Russian navy.
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Revolution of 1905
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workers marched on the Tsars winter palace to petition Nicholas for assembly. Gov meets and kills 130.
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Duma
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Russia's first parlimentary institute. Lacked power to create/bring down government.
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Treaty of Nanjing
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Released Korea, Vietnam and Burma(Myanmar) form Chinese authority. Thus destroying tributary states.
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Opium War
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British like to get high. Chinese cut them off. War breaks out. British force China to sue for peace after the take Grand Canal.
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Boxer Repellion
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Rid china of "foreign devils". Kill foriegners. Brit-Japan have to crush rebellion.
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Cixi
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supported boxer rebellion so Qing considered corrupt bc of her.
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Witte
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Stimulate ecomonic development in Russia by railway construction.
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Self Strengthening movement
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blend Chinese tradition with European technology.
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Nicholas II
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lots of oppression and police control and tried to expand in east asia thus causing Russo Japanese War.
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Alexander II
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abolish serfdom
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Pi Yu
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publish a series of treastise that rethink confucianism
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