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1453
The fall of Constantinople
The Ottoman was a powerful empire and they took control over Constantinople in 1453. The fall of Constantinople showed how much strength the Ottoman empire had. -
1496
The Spanish colonizing Africa
The spanish colonized many places in Africa. There are now some Spanish cities in Africa, even though africa is not under spanish rule anymore. -
1500
The Portuguese empire searching for Gold
The Portuguese began their empire by looking for gold in Africa. They then kept colonizing and looking for land and wealth. -
1519
Import of Turkeys in Colombian exchange
In the Colombian Exchange turkeys were imported from America to spain. Turkeys became a vital food source for people all around the world. -
The treaty of Paris
The French and British were at war for 7 years. There was a treaty called the treaty of Paris which ended this 7 year war, this left the British being dominant in Canada. -
The Russian Empire's annexation of Ukraine
In the 18th century Russia took over Ukraine. The reasons for this anexation were that Russia wanted fertile agricultural land which Ukraine had. This helped feed the empire. -
The communist Manifesto
Karl Marx and Engels wrote a manifesto that outlined the communist party. -
Sepoy Soldiers
There was much discrimination amongst the sepoy soldiers who were Muslim or Hindu, people were angry about racist regulations and disrespect that was put on them. -
Indian uprising
The first uprising was in may of 1957 in a military base close to the capital city Delhi. It was caused by racism against soldiers. -
Suez Canal
The Suez canal was a canal in Egypt that cut the trip to the Indian ocean in half from europe. -
Qing empire
The Qing empire was a strong government and the British King George the 3rd wanted to open more trading ports in china but the Qing emperors denied his request. -
Genocide
There was rising ideas of social progress in the 1900s. Genocide became common. Genocide is a mass killing of a group of people. Hitler created mass genocide. -
Internal struggle in China
Qings dynasty faced defeats against places like Britain and Japan, there was also issues like natural disasters and famine. -
Art in the world
Art was used to make people join the war. There were posters for the war. Artists were sent to the battlefield to sketch the war. -
Middle eastern wars
There were many wars fought in the middle east most of them had to do with oil. -
Mexican revolution
Many mexican revolutionaries disagreed about their revolutions. This was because the revolution was actually two revolutions. -
Xinhai revolution
China was under foreign control because they borrowed money from foreign banks which caused the xinhai revolution. -
Creation of ww1
Some of the causes of World War 1 were: Nationalist passions, greed amongst empires, and corrupt relations between countries -
The destruction of World war 1
Europe was transformed after ww1, Political boundries were redrawn and new countries formed -
Effects of world war 1
Ww1 had many lasting affects over the world some of those affects were: Many cities and towns were destroyed, mass deaths and societies struggled -
Sykes-Picot Agreement
This was a treaty that divided Ottoman territories into european spheres after the war. -
Soviet Unions science
The study of evolution was prohibited because it did not support Marxs ideas of human development. -
Fascism in the twentieth century
The rise of fascism started two decades before the first world war -
Extermination camps
Hitler used very un humane ways of killing innocent people, extermination camps would gas people killing them in the most brutal ways. -
The second world war
In the war the united states, soviet union and great britian created a strong alliance -
Tensions with alliances
There was tension amongst many alliances in ww2, for example: The united stated and Britain had tension over their different stances on colonialism. -
Oil wars
There was a war between Israel and Arab nations due to oil, the U.S backed Israel and the Soviet Union backed Arab states. -
Global recession
There was a global economic recession many businesses slowed and oil companies made way less money. -
Revolution
The first revolution against Batista was unsuccessful and the second one Fidel Castro attacked cuban government and was successful. -
FLN
The FLN was a political party in Algeria trying to gain them independence. -
Great leap forward
The chinese launched an economic plan called the great leap forward. -
The four modernization
This plan was enforced to improve agriculture, industry, science and defense.