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120 Cards in this Set
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1619
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Dutch established trading post at Batavia in Java
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1620s
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Sultan of Mataram's attacks on Batavia fail
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1652
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First Dutch settlement in South Africa at Cape Town
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1661
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British port-trading center founded at Bombay
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1690
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Calcutta established at center of British activities in Bengal
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1707
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Death of Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb; beginning of imperial breakdown
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1739
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Nadir Shah's invasion of India from Persia
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1740-1748
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War of Austrian Succession; global British-French struggle for colonial dominance
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1750s
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Civil war and division of Mataram; Dutch become the paramount power on Java
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1756- 1763
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Seven Years' War, British- French global warfare
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1757
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Battle of Plassey; British dominant power in Bengal
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1769- 1770
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Great Famine in Bengal
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1775-1782
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War for independence by American colonists; another British-French struggle for global preeminence
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1786-1790
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Cornwallis' political reforms in India
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1790- 1815
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Wars of the Revolution and Napoleonic era
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1798
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Napoleon's invasion of Egypt
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1815
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British annex Cape Town and surrounding area
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1830
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Start of the Boers' "Great Trek" in South Africa
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1835
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Decision to give support for English education in India; English adopted as the language of Indian law courts
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1850s
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Boer republics established in the Orange Free State and Transvaal
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1853
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First railway line constructed in India
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1857
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Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay universities founded
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1857- 1858
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"Mutiny" or Great Rebellion in north India
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1858
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British parliament assumes control over India from the East India Company
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1867
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Diamonds discovered in Orange Free State
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1869
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Opening of the Suez Canal
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1879- 1890s
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Partition of west Africa
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1879
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Zulu victory over British at Isandhlwana; defeat at Rourke's Drift
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1882
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British invasion of Egypt
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1885
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Indian National Congress Party founded in India; gold discovered in the Transvaal
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1890s
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Parition of east Africa
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1898
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British- French crisis over Fashoda in the Sudan
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1899-1902
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Anglo-Boer War in South Africa
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1902
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Anglo-Japanese Treaty
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1904
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Anglo- Russian crisis at Dogger Bank
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1904-1905
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The first Moroccan crisis
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1911
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the second Moroccan crisis
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1914
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outbreak of World War I
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1644
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Manchu nomads conquer China; Qing dynasty rules
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1664- 1722
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Reign of Kangxi emperor in China
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1727
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first printing press set up in Ottoman Empire
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1736-1799
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Reign of Qianlong emperor in China
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1768- 1774
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Disastrous Ottoman war with Russia
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1772
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Safavid dynasty falls in Persia
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1789-1807
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Reign of Ottoman Sultan Selim III
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1798
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British embassy to Qianlong emperor in China; French invasion of Egypt; Napoleon defeats Egypt's Mameluk rulers
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1805- 1849
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Reign of Muhammad Ali in Egypt
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1807-1839
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Reign of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II
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1826
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Ottoman Janissary corps destroyed
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1834
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Postal system established in Ottoman Empire
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1838
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Ottoman treaty with British removing trade restrictions in the empire
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1839- 1841
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Opium War in China
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1839- 1876
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Tanzimat reforms in the Ottoman Empire
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1839- 1897
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Life of Islamic thinker al- Afghani
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1849-1905
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Life of Muhammad Abduh
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1850- 1864
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Taiping rebellion in China
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1854- 1856
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Crimean War
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1856- 1860
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Anglo-French war against China
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1866
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First railway begun in the Ottoman Empire
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1870
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Ottoman legal code reformed
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1876
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Constitution promulgated for Ottoman Empire
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1876- 1908
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Reign of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid
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1877
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Treaty of San Stefano; Ottomans driven from most of the Balkans
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1882
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British invasion and occupation of Egypt; failed revolt led by Orabi in Egypt
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1883
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Mahdist victory over British-led Egyptian expeditionary force at Shakyan
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1889
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Young Turks established in Paris
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1898
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British- Egyptian army defeats the Mahdist army at Omdurman
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1898-1901
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Boxer Rebellions in China; 100 Days of Reform in China
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1905
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Fatherland Party established in Egypt
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1908
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Young Turks seize power in Istanbul
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1720 C.E
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End ban on Western books
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1762-1796 C.E
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Catherine the Great
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1773-1775 C.E.-
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Pugachev Rebellion
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1772- 1795 C.E.-
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Partitioning of Poland
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1800-1850 C.E.-
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.- Growth of “Dutch school”
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1812 C.E.
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failure of Napoleon’s invasion
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1815 C.E.-
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Russia reacquires Poland through Treaty of Vienna; Alexander I and the Holy Alliance
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1825 C.E.-
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Decembrist Revolt
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1825- 1855 C.E.-
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Heightening of repression by Tsar Nicholas I
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1829- 1878 C.E
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Serbia gains increasing autonomy in Ottoman Empire, then independence
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1830- 1831 C.E
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Polish nationalist revolt repressed
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1831 C.E.-
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Greece wins independence after revolt against Ottomans
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1833, 1853 C.E.-
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Russian- Ottoman wars
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1841-1843 C.E
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Brief shogun reform effort
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1853 C.E
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Perry expedition to Edo Bay
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1854 C.E
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follow-up American and British fleet visit
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1854- 1856 C.E
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Crimean War
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1856 C.E
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Romania gains virtual independence
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1860- 1868 C.E
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Civil strife
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1860s- 1870s C.E.
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Alexander II reforms
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1861 C.E.-
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Russian emancipation of serfs
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1865- 1879 C.E.-
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Russian conquests in central Asia
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1867 C.E.-
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Mutsuhito, emperor of Japan
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1867 C.E.-
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Russia sells Alaska to U.S.
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1868- 1912 C.E.-
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Meiji period
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1870 C.E.-
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Ministry of Industry established
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1870- 1940 C.E
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Population growth
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1872 C.E
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Universal military service established
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1872 C.E.-
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Education Act (Japan)
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1875- 1877 C.E.
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Russian-Ottoman War; Russia wins new territory
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1877 C.E.-
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Final samurai rising
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1878 C.E
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Bulgaria gains independence
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1881 C.E.-
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Anarchist assassination of Alexander II
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1881- 1905 C.E.-
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growing repression, attacks on minorities
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1884- 1887 C.E.-
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New gains in central Asia
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1884- 1914 C.E.-
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Beginnings of Russian industrialization; near-completion of trans-Siberian railway (full linkage 1916)
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1890 C.E.-
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new constitution and legal code
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1892-1903 C.E.
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Segey Witte, minister of finance
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1894-1895 C.E.-
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Sino-Japanese War
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1898 C.E.-
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Formation of Marxist Social Democratic Party
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1902 C.E.-
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Loose alliance with Britain
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1904-1905 C.E.-
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Russo-Japanese War
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1904- 1905 C.E.-
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Loss in Russo-Japanese War
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1905- 1906 C.E.-
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Revolution results in peasant reforms and duma
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1910 C.E.-
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Annexation of Korea
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1912 C.E
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Growing party strife in parliament
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1912-1918 C.E
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Balkan Wars
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1914 C.E.-
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World War I begins
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1916-1918 C.E.-
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Seizure of former German holdings in Pacific and China
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1917 C.E
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Revolution and Bolshevik victory
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