2. IMPERIALISM (1770s-1914)
Industrialized nations (nation-states
of Europe, U.S., Russia, and later
Japan) strengthened their control over
their colonies AND established
transoceanic empires throughout Asia,
the Pacific, and Africa.
Imperialism is this extension of
political and economic control.
13. Nationalist revolutions &
European advances led to the
Ottoman Empire losing territory
EX. Independence in the Balkans
Semi-Independence in North Africa
Later British influence in Egypt
44. Chinese Rulers sing-along
-to the tune of “Frere Jacques”?
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
Sui, Tang, Song
Sui, Tang, Song
Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic
Then comes Revolution
Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong
45.
46. Empires that didn’t strike back!
Qing Dynasty of China (1644 – 1911)
The end of a 4000 years of dynastic
cycles.
Ottoman Empire (1300 – 1918)
600 year old powerhouse fell.
47. CAUSES
In the 1700s, Qing China & the Ottoman
Empire
• Had governments that resisted
economic change & attempted to
maintain pre-industrial forms of
economic production
• Had leadership that underestimated the
growing power of the European nations
48. Empires that didn’t strike back!
CHANGES
• Reforms limited by conservative
elites
• Economy weakened
• Political Rebellions
• European pressure / takeover