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Mughal Empire
was an empire extending over large parts of the Indian subcontinent and ruled by a dynasty of Chagatai-Turkic origin -
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Rise Of Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. -
Tennis Court Oath
A pledge signed by the members of the third estate, who were locked out the meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789, they all vowed that they would meet everyday in the tennis court intill the treaty was finished. -
Enlightenment
18th-17th century, an intellectual and scientific movement of 18th century Europe which was characterized by a rational and scientific approach to religious, social, political, and economic issues -
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Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution was a slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, led to the founding of a state. Considered the most successful slave rebellion ever to have occurred and as a defining moment in the histories of both Europe and the Americas. The rebellion began with a revolt of black African slaves in August 1791. It ended in November 1803 with the French defeat at the battle of Vertières. Haiti became an independent state. -
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Reign Of Terror
The Reign of Terror, also known simply as The Terror, was a period of violence that occurred after the French Revolution, by conflict between rival polititions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution". The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands, with 16,594 executed by guillotine, and another 25,000 in executions across France. -
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War Of Knives
the conflict between the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, and his adversary André Rigaud, from June 1799 to March 1800. These men fought over control of Haiti after defeating foreign forces. Rigaud won a significant victory over the British invasion, and Toussaint was of a superior rank in the French Army. This left both individuals with a right to claim leadership, however priority was given to Toussaint by the majority. Rigaud refused to recognize the appointment -
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Peninsula War
The Peninsular War was a military conflict between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war started when French and Spanish armies occupied Portugal in 1807 -
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Congress Of Vienna
a congress held in Vienna between 1814 and 1815 to deal with the territorial and jurisdictional problems remaining after the defeat of Napoleon in the Napoleonic Wars -
Opium War
A war between Great Britain and China that began in 1939 over sea, as a conflict over the trade of opium in China and ended in 1842 when China gave Britain, Hong Kong, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking. -
Treaty Of Nanjing
was signed on 29 August 1842 to mark the end of the First Opium War (1839–42) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Qing Dynasty of China. It was the first of what the Chinese called the unequal treaties because Britain had no obligations in return. -
Treaty Of Kanagawa
Agreement between the United States of America and the government of Japan. The treaty, which was essentially imposed on the Japanese by threat of force, opened two Japanese ports for trade with American ships. The treaty was the first modern treaty Japan had with a western nation. And while it was limited in scope, it did open Japan to trade with the west for the first time. And the treaty led to other treaties with repercussions for Japanese society. -
Meiji Restoration
A turning point in Japanese history in 1868 when the last shogun was overthrown and the emperor assumed direct control over the nation. -
Berlin Conference
Was a meeting between European Nations to decide on who got what of Africa. Africa was not invited to this conference. The conference declared the Congo River basin region to be neutral, guaranteed freedom of trade and shipping for all colonial powers, forbade slave trading, and rejected Portugal's claims to the region. -
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Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, Boxer Uprising or Yihetuan Movement was a violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian movement which took place in China between 1899 and 1901. It was initiated by the Righteous Harmony Society and was motivated by proto-nationalist sentiments and opposition to foreign imperialism and Christianity. The Great Powers intervened and defeated Chinese forces, in a humiliation for China.
