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Sepoy fought in the British army; however, Muslim sepoys did not eat pork, and Hindu sepoys did not eat beef. In order to use a new type of British rifle, they would come in contact with pork and beef fat. They were punished for not using the rifle and ended up revolting. As a resutl they killed many civilians and soldiers.
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Reformers launched the "self-strengthening movement." They imported Western technology, setting up factories to make modern weapons.
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Famous for the bloody battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, the Anglo-Zulu War saw over 15,000 British troopy invade the independent nation of Zululand in present-day South Africa.
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Fourteen countries were represented by a plethora of ambassadors whe the conference opended in Berlin. By 1914, the conference participants had fully divided Africa amony themselves into fifty countries.
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The first Indian nationalist organization, the Indian National Congress, was founded by English-speaking Indians, many of who were Hindu.
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A group of Chinese had formed a secret society, the Righteous Harmonious Fists. Their goal was to drive out the "foreign devils" who were polluting the land with their un-Chinese ways, strange building, machines, and telegraphy lines.
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Francisco "Pancho" Villa led a band of rebels who suported Madero's ideas. They disgraced Diaz's government by capturing the city of Juarez.
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A new Mexican constitution went into effect in 1917, allowing the government to redistribute land, limiting the power of the church, and protecting the rights or citizens.
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