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Telegraph
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph -
Transoceanic journeys
Migrations was possible thanks to new meand of trsansport, specially steamship, wich reduce time travel. Crosing the Atlantic Ocean went from 1 month to only 5 days -
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Asia
All colonial powers wanted to be apart of China's market. The Opium Wars (1839-42, 1856-60) forced China to open to western trade. -
Exploration and conquest
European and American explorers traveled across Africa from 1850 onwards. -
Exploration and conquest
Before 1850 Africa, Asia and the oceans were unknow to Europeans -
The british empire
Britain have the largest colonial empire and controlled maritime trade rutes.
In Africa, the british created an empire from Cairo in the North to Cape Town in the south.
To create a secure area around India , Great Britain competed with France for the control of Burma ( 1866) and with Russia for Afghanistan and Tibet. -
Population explosion in Europe
Agricultural reforms industrialisation and advances in meidcine and hygiene caused a huge reduction in the death rate line in Europe. -
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Imperial Expansion
Between these years countries such as Great Britain and France created empires by conquering land in Africa and Asia -
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Millions of emigrants left Europe countries.
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Between 1870 and 1914 countries such as Gerat Britain or France created empires by conquering land in Africa and Asia -
Telephone
Graham Bell invented the telephone -
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Berlin Conference
Made rules for European colonization and trade in Africa. -
Invention of combustion engine
It led to the use of cars and lorries. The base of transport in the 20th century. -
Radio
Hertz proves the principles of electromagnetic waves -> Macarani invented the radio -
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Post-impresionism
It was a predominately French art movement. -
Cinema
The Lumière brothers invented the cinema. -
Battle of Adwa
It was the climactic battle of the first Ethiopian War -
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Boer Wars
The war began on October 11 1899, following a Boer ultimatum that the British should cease building up their forces in the region. The Boers had refused to grant political rights to non-Boer settlers, known as Uitlanders, most of whom were British, or to grant civil rights to Africans. -
Boxer Rebellion
It was an emprising against foreigners that occurred in China. -
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Maji Maji Rebellion
It was an armed rebellion of Islamic and animist Africans against German colonial rules.