Imperialism

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  • Egypt is created by Muhammad Ali

  • Napoleon invades Russia

  • David Livingstone arrives to Africa

  • India's first railway network is opened

  • Cambodia is made independent

  • Sepoy Mutiny

  • On the Origin of Species is published

  • Diamonds discovered in Africa

  • Suez Canal completed

  • Gandhi is born

  • The Descent of Man is published

  • Britain buys Egypt's share in the Suez Canal

  • Queen Victoria took the title of Empress of India

  • Cecil Rhodes formed the De Beers Mining Company

  • Period: to

    The Berlin Conference

  • Indian National Congress is founded

  • Union of French Indochina formed

  • Gandhi leaves for South Africa

  • Battle of Adwa

  • Battle of Omdurman

  • Period: to

    Boer War

  • 25,000 miles of railroad are laid in India

  • British peace treaty with the Boers

  • Britain creates the Union of South Africa

  • Rabindranath Tagore receives Nobel Prize in Literature

  • Egypt becomes British protectorate

  • Gandhi revives Indian nationalist movement

  • The Dual Mandate is written

  • Assassination of Gandhi