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Period: Feb 16, 1000 to Feb 16, 1099
China acquires a quick-growing strain of rice from Asia
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Period: Feb 16, 1100 to
the beginning of the shogun dynasty to the end
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Period: Feb 16, 1400 to
many countries conduct explorations of foreign lands
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Period: Feb 8, 1450 to Feb 8, 1459
Europeans have established contacts with sub-Saharan Africans
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Britain becomes economically interested in India
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Japan isolates itself from all outside contact
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Spanish and Portuguese traders bring western products to China
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Dutch land in the Cape of Good Hope
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many nations and countries become imperialistic
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the Mughal Empire collapses
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Robert Clive leads the East India Company to victory over India
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the East India Company is the leading power in India
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local wars shake Africa
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the Qing emperor agrees to receive an ambassador from England
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the introduction of steam-powered riverboats allows Europeans to conduct major expeditions into the interior of Africa
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colonial powers seize vast areas of Africa
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the British take permanent contol of the Cape of Good Hope
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the East India Company rules India with little to no interference
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the conversion of cash crops reduced food production, causing a famine
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some in India begin demanding more modernisation
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China limits the amount of foreigners that enter the country
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Zulu chief Shaka uses warriors and good military to create a large centralised state
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the drug quinine is perfected
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several thousands of Boers begin to trek north -- known as the Great Trek
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as many as 12 million Chinese people are addicted to opium
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Hong Xiuquan begins rallying followers to help him build a "Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace"
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the opium war begins
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Lin Zexu writes letter to Queen Victoria explaining China's problem with opium
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the Chinese and British sign a peace treaty, ending the opium war
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China signs another treaty giving U.S. and other foreign citizens extraterritorial rights
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African peoples are divided into hundreds of ethnic and linguistic groups
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the British controlled most of the Indian subcontinent
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the Chinese population rises to 430 million
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Hong Xiuquan has organised a massive army of about 1 million
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the Crimean War cuts off the supply of Russian jute to Scottish jute mills
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the Dowager Empress Cixi is in control of the Qing imperial palace
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U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry travels to Japan to forcibly deliver a letter from the U.S. president to the Tokugawa shogun
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Hong Xiuquan and his followers take the city of Nanjing
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the treaty of Kanagawa is signed
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gossip begins spreading through sepoys that the British have greased their bullets with cow and pig fat
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the Battle of Cawnpore takes place
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the sepoys in India rebelled
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the British government takes direct command of India
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Japan opens to trade
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Dowager Empress Cixi backed the self-strengthening movement
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diamonds and gold are discovered in southern Africa
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Dowager Empress Cixi holds reigns of control
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the Taiping government collapses
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Christian missionary David Livingstone travels with a group of Africans into Central Africa to promote Christianity
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diamonds are first discovered
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the Tokugawa shogun steps down
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many foreign nations take advantage of China and often attacked it
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American newspaper reporter greets David Livingstone on shores of Lake Tanganyika with famous greeting "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
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Dadabhai Naoroji delivers a speech about the impact of Great Britain on India
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coal production grows from half a million tons to twenty one millions tons
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Japan forces Korea to open three ports to Japanese trade
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Cecil Rhodes publishes Confession of Faith
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the British invade Zulu when the African nation refuses to give into British rule
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the Zulu nation is defeated by the British at the Battle of Ulundi
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as little as about 10% of Africa is controlled by Europeans
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France approves treaty giving them control over the north bank of the Congo
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the "The Devilfish in Egyptian Waters" political cartoon is published
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Jules Ferry delivers a speech before the French National Assembly
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King Cetshwayo is driven away into exile and dies
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the world's first machine gun is invented
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Western leaders meet to divide Africa into colonial holdings
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14 European nations gather to have the Berlin Conference
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the Indian National Congress is established
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Japan and China make hands-off agreement, pledging to not send their armies into Korea
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gold is first discovered
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the British rule Zulu
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Menelik II becomes emperor of Ethiopia
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Menelik II notices differences in translation between Ehtiopian and Ititalian when studying the treaty they signed; believed he was giving up a bit of Ethiopia to Italy
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Japan has several dozen warships and 500,000 well-trained and prepared soldiers
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the United States begin to colonise
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foreign powers accept the abolition of extraterritorial rights for their citizens living in Japan
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China and Japan sign a peace treaty
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the Battle of Adowa takes place
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China's young emperor Guangxu demands reform in China
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the Dutch declare war on the British -- the Boer War begins
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the United States declares the Open-Door Policy
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the Boxers descend upon Beijing yelling "death to the foreign devils"
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nationalist groups are calling for self-government
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Westerners treid to convince Japan to open its trade ports
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the Japanese economy becomes modernised
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J.A. Hobson publishes his book Imperialism: A Study
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the Japanese surprise-attack the Russians
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the belief arises that a magic water would turn bullets into water -- the Maji Maji Rebellion
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Japan and Russia make peace negotiations
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Japan attacks Korea
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Dowager Empress sends officials to study other governments around the world
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the Muslim League is established
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officials return with their results
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the Korean king gives up control of Korea to Japan
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China announces its constitutional government will be formed by 1917
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Britain wins the Boer War
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Japan imposes annexation on Korea
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Britain divides India's province differently
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Liberia and Ethiopia are the only countries in Africa free from European rule
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Britain claims the entirety of Nigeria
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japan has more than 7,000 railroads
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nearly all of Africa is controlled by European nations
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Shanghai's per capita grows from around $1200 to over $6000
