Preceden

Chapter 26

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Muhammad Ali

1769 - 1849

The goal of the British merchants in Canton was an independent colony

1836

The Chinese government sent envoy, Lin Tse-hsu to Canton

1839

The Treaty Nanking

1842

There was a second round of foreign attack in Beijing

1856 - 1860

Joseph Conrad

1857 - 1924

The Great rebellion

1857 - 1858

J.A Hobson

1858 - 1940

Qing dynasty in the verge of collapse

1860

Ismail began his 16-year rule as Egypt's Khedive

1863

Leopold II of Belgium

1865 - 1909

rudyard Kipling

1865 - 1936

The Suez Canal is completed

1869

Tewfiq

1879 - 1892

The Egyptian Nationalist Party is formed

1879

Pierre de Brazza signed a treaty of protection with the Teke tribe

1880

The expansion of Western Society

1880 - 1914

The British possession of Dutch Settlements at Cape Town

1882

Jules Ferry and Bismarck arranged an inter nation conference on Africa

1884 - 1885

The British's thrust southward in Egypt was blocked my independent Muslims

1885

Japan defeated China in a war over Korea

1894 - 1895

The United States' great conquest-- The Philippines

1898

Kipling exhorted Europeans in unselfish services

1899

Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"

1902

"Imperialism" by Hobson

1902

The value of world trade was roughly $38 billion

1913