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|Vijayanagara Empire | |Vijayanagara Empire | ||
* Hindu empire in southern India | |||
* stopped Islamic spread to southern India by defeating the Deccan sultanates | |||
|South Asia | |||
|India | |India | ||
|cultural diffusion | |cultural diffusion | ||
|religion | |religion | ||
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* | * was slow to adopt cannon and other modern military technologies | ||
* | * fell to the sultanates when they combined and defeated the Vijayanagara army in 1565 | ||
* the capital was moved and the empire divided in 1572 | |||
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* Vijayanagara, the capital city, was famed for wealth and learning | * Vijayanagara, the capital city, was famed for wealth and learning | ||
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* sought to establish "self-rule of Hindus" ("hindavi swaajya") | * sought to establish "self-rule of Hindus" ("hindavi swaajya") | ||
* ended the Mughal Empire and ruled most of India until falling to the British East India Company | * ended the Mughal Empire and ruled most of India until falling to the British East India Company | ||
|[[File:Maratha Empire in 1758.png|left|thumb|Maratha Empire, as of 1760]] | |click Expand for maps of European colonization of Africa | ||
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[[File:Maratha Empire in 1758.png|left|thumb|Maratha Empire, as of 1760]] | |||
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|Peter the Great | |||
* westernized Russia on Enlightenment ideals and customs (imposed a "beard tax" to force Russians to shave; instituted the Julian calendar) | |||
* imposed compulsory education for nobles and built universities | |||
|Eurasia | |||
|Russia | |||
|cultural diffusion | |||
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* reorganized medieval political structures to modern state, including to abolish the Duma (assembly of local lords) and replacing it with a senate | |||
* built new capital, St. Petersburg | |||
* built the Imperial Navy | |||
* warred with Swedes for control of the Baltic Sea, the Ottomans for control of the Black Sea, and the Safavids (Persian) for control of the Caspian Sea | |||
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|Berlin Conference & the "scramble for Africa | |Berlin Conference & the "scramble for Africa | ||
|Africa | |||
|Europe | |||
|colonization | |||
|globalism | |||
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| | * called "New Imperialism", 1881-1914 | ||
| | * the only African countries to avoid colonization during this time were Liberia & Ethiopia | ||
| | * by 1870, most European holdings in Africa were coastal (occupying 10% of land) | ||
| | * industrialization and transportation advances incentivized European search for raw materials and new markets | ||
* primary British motive was control of ports for trade with India | |||
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[[File:Colonial Africa 1913 map.svg|left|thumb|Areas of Africa controlled by European colonial powers in 1913 (Belgian (yellow), British (red), French (blue), German (turquoise), Italian (green), Portuguese (purple), and Spanish (pink) Empires). Only Liberia and Ethiopia remainded independent (white)]] | |||
[[File:Scramble-for-Africa-1880-1913-v2.png|left|thumb| European colonization of Africa, 1880 and 1913 comparison]] | |||
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| U.S. starts Panama Canal | | U.S. starts Panama Canal | ||
|Americas | |||
|Panama | |||
|globalism | |||
|colonialism | |||
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* a French attempt to build a canal across the Isthmus failed | |||
* US assisted a Panamanian revolt against Columbia by sending a warship to the harbor | |||
* the new government granted the US rights to build the canal | |||
* completed in 1914 | |||
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* hyper-inflation in Germany | |||
* Great Depression, New Deal in US (1933-39) | |||
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| 1931 | | 1931 | ||
|Japanese invasion of Manchuria | |Japanese invasion of Manchuria | ||
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