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Napoleon invades Egypt.

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Egyptian society lost ground with the decision to make cotton the staple crop...wealth is also wasted on expensive pastimes.

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Expansion of territorial holdings

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1840's New Zealand becomes its own colony. Go Kiwi's!!!

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The Ottoman Empire was rapidly falling behind Europe in military technology and organization.

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Only North African country to remain independent of Ottoman control.

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Stagnant path towards industrialization

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British begin colonizing "New Holland" aka Australia
Coastal Ports

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China is forced to open 90 more ports to the British after Opium wars

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Ottomans retain control of much of Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, and Egypt. Though technically part of the Ottoman Empire, regional officials are in charge of day-to-day administration.

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The Ottoman, while trying to reform, had to decide between a return to Muslim traditions and Western style reforms

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Napoleon leads troops into Egypt as a means of weakening British, and it shows just how vulnerable and out of touch the Ottoman Empire truly is

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British invasion of Dutch occupied Java

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Austrian Empire formed - 1804

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Increased Westernization under the leadership of Muhammed Ali with the hire of French officers and importation of French weapons.

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Krakatoa volcano erupts causing a major tsunami

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America threatens European colonialism in the Americas with the Monroe Doctrine (1823)

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Peasants were being forced to pay even more taxes to the government, but much of the tax revenue was stolen by corrupt officials.

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1848, communist manifesto written

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War of 1812

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British begin to try to enforce and teach Western cultural values in India

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Muhammad Ali implements series of economic, military, and administrative reforms in Egypt. Not entirely successful.

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Muhammad Ali

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Beginning of decline of  Qing dynasty:  government programs, bureaucracy, military riddled with corruption

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Unified as a single country

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1835
, abolished slavery

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Taiping rebels take over Nanjing and make it their capital

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A shift in the Russian embrace of Western ideas.

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France sold the Louisiana Territory to the U.S. (1803)

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Russo- Japanese War (1830)

Beginning of the reform era and early industrialization

Holy Alliance

Expansion

Conflict between Russia and Ottoman empire

- Russia recieved aid from France and Britain

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The Ottoman Empire was propped up by the British as the British sought control over the connection between the Mediterrean Sea and the Indian Ocean so the Russian didn´t occupy the Canal

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In the mid 19th century, the Ottoman Empire was steadily declining. They continued to deal with a succession of weak rulers- power struggles existed between rival ministers, religious experts, and Jannissary Commanders. Additionally, competition between elite factions eroded leadership and weakened their control of peasants.  Artisans deteriorated because of economic competition. There was an influx of Western goods making the Ottomans economically dependent.

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British take over Hong Kong, the most important city.

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Continued Trans-Atlantic slave trade to Americas

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Peninsular War 1804-1814

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Opium War

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Rise of Imperialism

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India, oppressed by the British, started the Sepoy rebellion.

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Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815

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Breaks away from ottoman empire

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Throughout the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire repeatedly lost territory to the Russian Empire in a series of wars. Though they were helped by Western powers such as Britain and France, they still lost much of their land.

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Mostly still isolationist, they have opened up a few port cities. They resisted trade with Western Europe.

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Industrial Revolution

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Decemberist uprising caused Russian government to block out radical or liberal ideas, school and newspapers were closely supervised; Russia entered in a period of political repression.

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Beginning of Opium wars, Britain sphere of influence